UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - JUNE 2006
PLANNING AND TRANSPORT SERVICE source : Office for National Statistics Jun-06 May-06 Jun-05 numbers rate numbers rate numbers rate former ttwa males females total males females total males females total males females total males females total males females total
Arbroath 461 179 640 6.5 3.0 4.8 459 181 640 6.4 3.0 4.8 452 163 615 6.1 2.3 4.3 Brechin & Montrose 514 212 726 4.7 2.2 3.5 512 201 713 4.5 2.1 3.4 528 193 721 4.7 2.0 3.5 Dundee 3212 986 4198 6.9 2.1 4.5 3213 955 4168 6.7 2.1 4.4 3213 860 4073 6.5 1.8 4.2 Forfar 231 108 339 3.1 1.6 2.3 216 98 314 2.8 1.4 2.1 261 112 373 3.4 1.5 2.5 Aberdeen 1934 601 2535 1.9 0.7 1.3 1973 618 2591 1.9 0.7 1.4 2077 673 2750 2.3 0.8 1.6 Blairgowrie & Pitlochry 279 113 392 3.0 1.3 2.2 282 105 387 3.0 1.2 2.1 237 101 338 2.7 1.2 1.9 ANGUS COUNCIL 1,317 501 1,818 3.9 1.6 2.8 1302 496 1798 3.9 1.6 2.8 1353 489 1842 4.1 1.6 2.9 DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL 2,943 905 3,848 6.6 2.1 4.4 2952 868 3820 6.7 2.0 4.3 2939 769 3708 6.6 1.7 4.2 PERTH & KINROSS COUNCIL 1,069 398 1,467 2.5 1.0 1.8 1090 403 1493 2.6 1.0 1.8 998 357 1355 2.4 0.9 1.7 ABERDEENSHIRE COUNCIL 986 428 1,414 1.3 0.6 1.0 1046 453 1499 1.4 0.7 1.0 1117 509 1626 1.5 0.7 1.1 SCOTLAND 67597 22494 90091 4.2 1.5 2.8 68486 22346 90832 4.2 1.4 2.9 65668 21376 87044 4.1 1.4 2.8 GREAT BRITAIN 683,779 241,687 925,466 3.7 1.4 2.6 694601 243450 938051 3.7 1.4 2.6 616075 213919 829994 3.3 1.2 2.3
Official rates for the former Travel to Work Areas are no longer available. The TTWA rates above, are estimates produced by Scot Exec based on the economically active population.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE JUNE 2006 ABERDEEN 6
5 ARBROATH
BRECHIN & BRECHIN & MONTROSE 4 MONTROSE DUNDEE 3 FORFAR FORFAR
BLAIRGOWRIE percentage 2 SCOTLAND & PITLOCHRY ARBROATH
1 DUNDEE ANGUS COUNCIL
0 PERTH TRAVEL TO WORK AREAS Jun- Jul-05 Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- 05 05 05 05 05 05 06 06 06 06 06 06
1 Dundee TTWA includes Newport, Tayport, Monifieth and Carnoustie. Brechin and Montrose TTWA includes Laurencekirk and Inverbervie. 2 Council and country rates are calculated using residency-based data. TTWA rates are estimated using the economically active population and not the working age as NOMIS does. UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - JUNE 2006
PLANNING AND TRANSPORT SERVICE source : Office for National Statistics
STOCK OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES UNEMPLOYED/VACANCY RATIO Number of Under 18 Years Unemployed Jun-06 May-06 Jun-05 Jun-06 May-06 Jun-05 (rounded to nearest 5) SCOTLAND 26068 22693 26586 3.46 4.00 3.27 Jun-05 May-06 Jun-06 ARBROATH 87 91 150 7.36 7.03 4.10 ARBROATH 35 40 30 MONTROSE 61 78 46 11.90 9.14 15.67 BLAIRGOWRIE 20 15 15 DUNDEE 860 862 857 4.88 4.84 4.75 MONTROSE 20 20 25 FORFAR 117 48 58 2.90 6.54 6.43 DUNDEE 180 200 195 ABERDEEN 2101 1634 1420 1.21 1.59 1.94 FORFAR 5510 BLAIRGOWRIE 48 23 35 8.17 16.83 9.66 ABERDEEN 80 80 85
Jun-05 Unemployment/Vacancy Rate May-06 Percentage of all Unemployed - Under 18 Years Jun-06 18.00 Arbroath Blairgowrie Montrose 16.00 Dundee Forfar Aberdeen 14.00 7.0%
12.00 6.0% 10.00 5.0% 8.00 6.00 4.0% persons per job per persons 4.00 3.0% 2.00 2.0% 0.00 1.0% FORFAR DUNDEE 0.0% SCOTLAND ABERDEEN ARBROATH MONTROSE Jun-06 May-06 Apr-06 Mar-06 Feb-06 Jan-06 Dec-05 Nov-05 Oct-05 Sep-05 Aug-05 Jul-05 Jun-05 BLAIRGOWRIE
note : it is generally accepted that vacancies notified to jobcentres represent only about one third of all jobs available. UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - JUNE 2006 PLANNING AND TRANSPORT SERVICE source : Office for National Statistics Rates for Council areas are calculated using residency-based data. unitary ranked council areas rate LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS Inverclyde 4.7 6.0 North Ayrshire 4.6 Dundee City 4.4 Glasgow City 4.3 West Dumbartonshire 4.3 East Ayrshire 4.0 5.0 Fife 3.6 Clackmannan 3.3 North Lanarkshire 3.2 South Ayrshire 3.1 Eilean Siar 3.0 4.0 Renfrewshire 2.9 Angus 2.8 Falkirk 2.7 Dumfries & Galloway 2.6 3.0 Angus Argyll & Bute 2.4 South Lanarkshire 2.4 West Lothian 2.4 Edinburgh City 2.3 2.4 Moray 2.2 2.0 Highland 2.1 Midlothian 2.1 Stirling 1.9 East Dumbartonshire 1.8 Perth & Kinross 1.8 1.0 Aberdeen City 1.6 Scottish Borders 1.6 Shetland Islands 1.6 East Lothian 1.4 Orkney Islands 1.4 0.0
East Renfrewshire 1.3 Fife Moray Angus Falkirk Stirling
Aberdeenshire 1.0 Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Eilean Siar Eilean Dundee City Dundee East Lothian East Argyll & Bute Renfrewshire Glasgow City Glasgow West Lothian West East Ayrshire Clackmannan Aberdeen City Aberdeen Ayrshire North South Ayrshire South Edinburgh City Edinburgh Orkney Islands Perth & Kinross Scottish Borders Scottish Shetland Islands Shetland North Lanarkshire North South Lanarkshire South East Renfrewshire Dumfries & Galloway East Dumbartonshire East West Dumbartonshire West UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - JUNE 2006 PLANNING AND TRANSPORT SERVICE source : Office for National Statistics former travel to rate Official unemployment rates are no longer available for the former TTWA's. The rates expressed below work areas ranked are estimated workforce-based rates with workforce as at Dec 2002 and will therefore differ from the tables above. Irvine 7.6% Useful for comparison purposes only. Cumnock & Sanquhar 7.4% Kirkcaldy 6.6% 9.0% Forres 6.3% Alloa 6.0% Former Travel to Work Areas (official unemployment rates are no longer available for the former Greenock 5.9% Buckie 5.6% TTWA's. The rates expressed here are estimated workforce-based rates using workforce at Dec 2002) Arbroath 5.6% 8.0% Kilmarnock 5.5% Dumbarton 5.3% Wick 5.2% Dundee 5.0% Dunfermline 4.8% 7.0% Lanarkshire 4.6% Stranraer 4.2% Ayr 4.0% Dunoon & Bute 4.0% Glasgow 4.0% 6.0% Campbeltown 3.9% Brechin & Montrose 3.8% Arbroath Falkirk 3.8% Bathgate 3.8% Dundee Western Isles 3.6% 5.0% Girvan 3.5% Invergordon & Dingwall 3.4% Sutherland 3.3% Newton Stewart 3.3% Thurso 3.1% 4.0% Dumfries 3.1% Keith 3.0% Hawick 3.0% Scottish Average Blairgowrie & Pitlochry 2.9% (residence-based) Elgin 2.8% 3.0% Annan 2.8% Islay/Mid Argyll 2.6% Forfar Stewartry 2.5% Edinburgh 2.5% Skye & Wester Ross 2.5% 2.0% Peterhead 2.5% Forfar 2.4% Banff 2.3% Berwickshire 2.2% Stirling 2.2% 1.0% North East Fife 2.2% Lochaber 2.1% Inverness 2.0% Perth 2.0% Oban 2.0% 0.0% Lockerbie 1.9% Wick Elgin Alloa
Peebles Banff Perth
1.8% Irvine Huntly Falkirk Buckie Stirling Fraserburgh 1.8% Hawick Dumfries Kirkcaldy Lochaber Stranraer Lockerbie Badenoch Edinburgh Peterhead
Kelso & Jedburgh Kilmarnock
1.8% Haddington Dunfermline Fraserburgh Campbeltown Huntly 1.7% Western Isles Orkney Islands Islay/Mid Argyll Dunoon & Bute & Dunoon Galashiels 1.7% Newton Stewart Badenoch 1.6% Crieff
1.6% Dingwall Invergordon & Haddington 1.6% Shetland Islands 1.6% Orkney Islands 1.5% Aberdeen 1.3% UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - JUNE 2006
PLANNING AND TRANSPORT SERVICE source : Office for National Statistics
DURATION OF ALL UNEMPLOYED long AGE OF ALL UNEMPLOYED ttwa weeks term ttwa years 0-26 26-52 52-104 104+ 52+ <20 20-34 35-49 50+ ARBROATH 65.3% 18.5% 11.3% 4.8% 16.1% ARBROATH 16.7% 41.3% 23.8% 18.3% MONTROSE 56.6% 20.7% 14.5% 8.3% 22.8% MONTROSE 13.9% 34.7% 30.6% 20.8% DUNDEE 66.3% 19.4% 10.0% 4.3% 14.3% DUNDEE 15.3% 41.7% 27.5% 15.5% FORFAR 73.1% 16.4% 9.0% 1.5% 10.4% FORFAR 13.4% 44.8% 25.4% 16.4% ABERDEEN 71.7% 16.3% 8.7% 3.3% 12.0% ABERDEEN 13.2% 42.2% 27.8% 16.7% BLAIRGOWRIE 67.9% 19.2% 9.0% 3.8% 12.8% BLAIRGOWRIE 18.2% 41.6% 24.7% 15.6% ANGUS 63.9% 18.7% 11.3% 6.1% 17.4% ANGUS 14.6% 39.7% 26.4% 19.3% SCOTLAND 65.2% 19.8% 10.3% 4.7% 15.0% SCOTLAND 13.7% 40.9% 28.6% 16.8%
(New TTWA's are now in operation, Arbroath is subsumed in Dundee TTWA and Forfar TTWA now includes Blairgowrie. Data for the former TTWA's shown here may soon become unavailable)
Unemployed by Duration - Weeks Age of Unemployed by Age Group
100% 100%
80% 80%
60% 60%
40% 40%
20% 20%
0% 0% 104+ 50+ 52-104 ANGUS ANGUS 35-49 FORFAR FORFAR DUNDEE DUNDEE SCOTLAND ABERDEEN SCOTLAND ABERDEEN ARBROATH 26-52 ARBROATH MONTROSE MONTROSE 20-34 BLAIRGOWRIE 0-26 BLAIRGOWRIE <20