Scotland's Chief Statistician has published Rural Scotland Key Facts 2011. The publication includes statistics on a range of key policy areas and provides comparisons between remote rural areas, accessible rural areas and the rest of Scotland.
Date:
Thu, 29 Sep 2011
Source:
Scottish Government
Scottish Government:
Website
The statistics provide a valuable evidence base on issues affecting rural Scotland and a tool to inform the mainstreaming of rural policies.
The publication is grouped into three sections:
People and Communities:
Including data on population changes, age distributions, household composition, experience of crime and neighbourhood likes and dislikes
Services and Lifestyle:
Including data on access to services, travel patterns, educational attainment, life expectancy, house prices, housing quality and rates of fuel poverty
Economy and Enterprise:
Including data on employment and unemployment rates, industry size, earnings and patterns of work
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