scottish borders in figures IMPROVEMENT BUSINESS CHIEF EXECUTIVES 2010 SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 | 1 CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCOTTISH BORDERS 3 POPULATION 7 ECONOMIC & BUSINESS INFORMATION 19 INCOME & DEPRIVATION 27 HEALTH PROFILE 0F SCOTTISH BORDERS 31 HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS & HOUSING 39 EDUCATION, SKILLS & TRAINING 43 COMMUNITY SAFETY 51 NATURAL & BUILT ENVIRONMENT 53 TOURISM 57 AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY 59 TRANSPORT & TRAVEL 65 2 | SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 GENERAL INFORMATION | POPULATION | ECONOMIC & BUSINESS | INCOME & DEPRIVATION | HEALTH PROFILE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS & HOUSING | EDUCATION, SKILLS & TRAINING | COMMUNITY SAFETY NATURAL & BUILT ENVIRONMENT | TOURISM | AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY | TRANSPORT & TRAVEL SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 SECTION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCOTTISH BORDERS SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 | 3 1.1: Population, Land Area and Population Density by Administrative area: 30 June 2008 Local Authority Area Estimated Population: 2008 Area (sq km) Persons per sq km Eilean Siar 26,200 3,071 9 Highland 219,400 25,659 9 Argyll & Bute 90,500 6,909 13 Shetland Islands 21,980 1,466 15 Orkney Islands 19,890 990 20 Dumfries & Galloway 148,580 6,426 23 Scottish Borders 112,430 4,732 24 Perth & Kinross 144,180 5,286 27 Aberdeenshire 241,460 6,313 38 Moray 87,770 2,238 39 Stirling 88,350 2,187 40 Angus 110,310 2,182 51 SCOTLAND 5,168,500 77,925 66 South Ayrshire 111,670 1,222 91 East Ayrshire 119,920 1,262 95 East Lothian 96,100 679 141 North Ayrshire 135,920 885 154 South Lanarkshire 310,090 1,772 175 Midlothian 80,560 354 228 Fife 361,890 1,325 273 Clackmannanshire 50,480 159 318 West Lothian 169,510 427 397 Inverclyde 80,780 160 503 Falkirk 151,570 297 510 East Renfrewshire 89,220 174 513 West Dunbartonshire 90,940 159 572 East Dunbartonshire 104,720 175 600 Renfrewshire 169,800 261 650 North Lanarkshire 325,520 470 693 Aberdeen City 210,400 186 1,133 Edinburgh, City of 471,650 264 1,788 Dundee City 142,470 60 2,381 Glasgow City 584,240 175 3,329 Source: GRO(S) 4 | SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 1.2: Road Distances in Miles in Distances Road 1.2: Source: inmiles distance road Recommended Hawick Galashiels 17.3 AARouteplanner Peebles 32.5 18.6 GENERAL INFORMATION Kelso 21.9 18.7 37.1 GENERAL INFORMATION Selkirk 11.4 6.3 21.2 18.9 HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS & HOUSING | EDUCATION, SKILLS&TRAINING|COMMUNITYSAFETY &HOUSING|EDUCATION, HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS Jedburgh 11.8 16.8 35.3 11.4 16.9 SKILLS&TRAINING|COMMUNITYSAFETY &HOUSING|EDUCATION, HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS NATURAL & BUILT ENVIRONMENT | TOURISM | AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY |TRANSPORT&TRAVEL &FORESTRY |AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT|TOURISM &BUILT NATURAL Eyemouth 52.8 43.1 68.1 31.4 46.9 42.2 |TRANSPORT&TRAVEL &FORESTRY |AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT|TOURISM &BUILT NATURAL Innerleithen 25.9 12.1 6.6 30.5 14.6 28.5 54.9 Duns 42.4 27.3 45.7 16.3 31.1 31.9 15.9 39.2 | POPULATION | | POPULATION Coldstream 30.5 27.5 46.0 9.1 27.6 19.9 22.4 39.4 12.2 | | POPULATION Melrose 19.1 4.0 22.4 15.2 7.8 13.2 39.6 15.9 23.7 23.9 Earlston 24.4 9.3 27.8 14.3 13.1 14.0 33.9 21.2 18.0 20.9 5.6 Tweedbank 17.5 2.4 20.9 17.5 6.2 15.5 41.9 14.3 26.0 26.2 2.7 8.1 ECONOMIC & BUSINESS | INCOME & DEPRIVATION | HEALTH PROFILE |HEALTH |INCOME&DEPRIVATION ECONOMIC &BUSINESS West Linton 46.1 32.3 13.7 54.8 34.8 58.4 64.2 20.2 62.3 59.5 50.0 45.0 34.5 PROFILE |HEALTH |INCOME&DEPRIVATION ECONOMIC &BUSINESS Lauder 31.0 15.9 26.8 17.5 19.7 20.5 35.2 20.2 19.4 22.3 12.1 7.0 14.5 38.5 Newtown St Boswells 17.5 8.9 26.6 12.0 7.8 10.2 39.3 20.0 23.5 20.9 4.7 5.5 7.0 50.0 12.1 Eddleston 36.4 22.6 4.8 41.2 25.3 39.4 63.3 10.7 61.4 50.1 26.6 31.9 25.0 8.6 35.3 31.0 Edinburgh 58.2 32.4 23.1 44.1 46.9 47.8 51.9 29.0 50.0 48.9 39.4 34.3 41.8 17.7 27.3 39.3 18.3 Glasgow 102.1 77.2 64.5 87.9 90.8 91.6 97.4 70.4 95.5 92.7 83.2 78.1 85.6 58.0 71.1 83.2 59.6 46.7 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 62.7 73.7 92.2 68.3 73.8 56.9 72.9 85.6 79.9 75.2 70.0 70.9 72.4 136.5 77.4 67.1 96.3 121.1 152.1 SCOTTISH BORDERS SCOTTISH Carlisle 42.9 60.2 87.1 64.6 54.0 54.3 95.5 68.5 85.0 73.0 61.7 67.0 60.2 81.2 73.5 60.3 91.5 98.5 96.8 58.7 Berwick-Upon-Tweed 44.0 42.4 73.9 23.4 41.8 34.1 8.8 53.4 15.7 14.2 38.1 33.7 40.3 69.2 35.0 35.1 68.3 56.9 102.4 64.8 87.3 Earlston Tweedbank Linton West Lauder StBoswells Newtown Eddleston Edinburgh Glasgow Newcastle-upon-Tyne Carlisle Berwick-Upon-Tweed Hawick Galashiels Peebles Kelso Selkirk Jedburgh Eyemouth Innerleithen Duns Coldstream Melrose IN FIGURES2010 |5 1.3: Scottish Government 8-fold Urban rural classification 2007-2008: Recognised Measurement of “Remoteness” and “Accessibility,” former Scottish Parliamentary Constituency 100 90 80 70 60 50 entage rc Pe 40 30 20 10 0 Large Other Accessible Remote Very Accessible Remote Very All All Urban Urban Small Small Remote Rural Rural Remote Remote Accessible Areas Areas Towns Towns Small Rural Roxburgh and 0 23.8 6.5 9.1 5.6 16.7 27.6 10.8 53.1 47 Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick 0 44.1 20.4 0 0 30.4 5.1 0 5.1 94.9 and Lauderdale Scottish Borders 0 25.6 16 4.9 3 26.8 18 5.8 31.7 68.4 Scotland 38.9 30.3 8.6 2.8 1.3 11.2 3.8 3.2 11.1 89 Source: Scottish Government (SNS)/ SBC 6 | SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 GENERAL INFORMATION | POPULATION | ECONOMIC & BUSINESS | INCOME & DEPRIVATION | HEALTH PROFILE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS & HOUSING | EDUCATION, SKILLS & TRAINING | COMMUNITY SAFETY NATURAL & BUILT ENVIRONMENT | TOURISM | AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY | TRANSPORT & TRAVEL SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 SECTION 2 POPULATION SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 | 7 2.1: Populations of Main Settlements, 2008 Includes settlements with a population of 500 or over. Settlement Total % Children % Working % Pensionable Population Age Age Scotland 5,168,500 18 61.4 20.6 Scottish Borders 112,430 17.9 58.8 23.3 Hawick 13,787 17.9 57.7 24.4 Galashiels 12,229 16.7 62.7 20.6 Peebles 8,006 18.1 57.6 24.3 Kelso 6,276 16.6 55.7 27.7 Selkirk 5,590 17.9 58.2 23.9 Jedburgh 3,949 17.6 57.6 24.8 Eyemouth 3,173 16.8 57.9 25.3 Innerleithen 2,975 18.5 55.8 25.7 Duns 2,615 17 56.6 26.4 Melrose 2,028 20.6 54.6 24.7 Coldstream 1,977 14.8 52.7 32.5 Tweedbank 1,968 21.6 62.6 15.7 Earlston 1,834 20.5 56.7 22.7 West Linton 1,487 24.2 57.3 18.5 Newtown St Boswells 1,244 16.8 62 21.2 Lauder 1,243 17.3 62.2 20.6 Chirnside 1,237 19.9 56.4 23.7 St Boswells 1,152 14.2 55.2 30.6 Eddleston 1,032 17.7 62.6 19.7 Newcastleton 718 12.8 55.4 31.8 Yetholm 660 14.4 54.6 31.1 Coldingham 643 13.5 54.6 31.9 Greenlaw 636 18.1 55.7 26.3 Walkerburn 620 15 60.2 24.8 Denholm 613 15.3 57.3 27.4 Stow 608 21.2 62 16.8 Ayton 540 16.1 53.9 30 Source: 2008 Mid-year Estimates GRO(S) Estimates are based on best-fit to Data Zones, as devised for Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics – see www.sns.gov.uk. Mid-year Population estimates are not available for settlements with populations under 500. 8 | SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 GENERAL INFORMATION | POPULATION | ECONOMIC & BUSINESS | INCOME & DEPRIVATION | HEALTH PROFILE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS & HOUSING | EDUCATION, SKILLS & TRAINING | COMMUNITY SAFETY NATURAL & BUILT ENVIRONMENT | TOURISM | AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY | TRANSPORT & TRAVEL 2.2: Populations of Small Towns and other settlements, 2001 Clovenfords 421 Lilliesleaf 246 Bonchester 135 Gordon 415 Cardrona 229 Bridge Cockburnspath 412 Swinton 224 Heiton 133 Darnick 397 Bowden 223 Skirling 127 Ancrum 392 Burnmouth 220 Stichill 126 Gattonside 381 Gavinton 201 Preston 115 Eddleston 335 Paxton 195 Ashkirk 107 Reston 335 St. Abbs 185 Blyth Bridge 107 Broughton 306 Romannobridge 175 Foulden 106 Oxton 270 Leitholm 161 Fountainhall 101 Morebattle 266 Ednam 140 Lanton 100 Newstead 256 Birgham 139 Sprouston 100 Grantshouse 97 Roxburgh 70 Traquair 51 Ettrickbridge 96 Eccles 69 Chesters 49 Carlops 92 Smailholm 67 Mackerstoun 45 Midlem 92 Longformacus 66 Nisbet 37 Hutton 89 Maxton 60 Crailing 36 Allanton 86 Westruther 60 Eckford 29 Nether 81 Minto 58 Blainslie Redpath 56 Yarrowford 77 Eildon 53 Whitsome 72 Source: GRO(S): 2001 Census SCOTTISH BORDERS IN FIGURES 2010 | 9 2.3: Estimated Population Numbers By Age Band, 2008 All Persons All Persons Scottish Borders Scotland nums % of all ages nums % of all ages All Ages 112,430 100 5,168,500 100 0 - 4 5,928 5.3 282,972 5.5 5 - 9 6,089 5.4 269,480 5.2 10 -14 6,671 5.9 297,754 5.8 15 - 19 6,750 6 327,435 6.3 20 - 24 5,220 4.6 354,053 6.9 25 - 29 4,629 4.1 334,831 6.5 30 - 34 5,153 4.6 299,272 5.8 35 - 39 7,672 6.8 363,027 7 40 - 44 9,164 8.2 402,888 7.8 45 - 49 8,974 8 392,085 7.6 50 - 54 8,037 7.1 350,577 6.8 55 - 59 7,897 7 325,201 6.3 60 - 64 8,247 7.3 312,382 6 65 - 69 6,571 5.8 247,796 4.8 70 - 74 5,462 4.9 215,568 4.2 75 - 79 4,390 3.9 173,347 3.4 80 - 84 3,051 2.7 119,349 2.3 85 - 89 1,818 1.6 69,292 1.3 90+ 707 0.6 31,191 0.6 Source: GRO(S) Mid-year Estimates 2.4A: Scottish Borders Council Multi-member wards: 2008 Population Summary (numbers) Multi Member Wards Total Children * Aged 16-24 Working- Pensionable Population age Age East Berwickshire 11285 1981 997 6547 2757 Galashiels and District 13949 2446 1793 8769 2734 Hawick and Denholm 9498 1836 907 5491 2171 Hawick and Hermitage 9111 1282 892 5377 2452 Jedburgh and District 8053 1398 768 4684 1971 Kelso and District 10251 1744 871 5810 2697 Leaderdale and Melrose 10360 2106 856 6093 2161 Mid Berwickshire 9947 1741 838 5721 2485 Selkirkshire 10335 1826 961 6117 2392 Tweeddale East 9984 1896 811 5670 2418 Tweeddale West 9657 1870 838 5838 1949 Scottish Borders 112430 20126 10532 66117 26187 Source: GRO(S) * Persons of age 16-24 are a subset of working age.