Rural Scotland People, Prosperity and Partnership

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Population and Employment Change in Rural Scotland 1981-91

District	Population Change (%)	Employment Change (%)
Angus	2.4	3.1
Annandale and Eskdale	4.2	8.6
Argyll and Bute	0.8	2.5
Badenoch and Strathspey	11.4	10.3
Banff and Buchan	3.4	12.0
Berwickshire	4.2	21.5
Caithness	-3.4	-3.2
Clydesdale	1.5	4.1
Cumnock and Doon Valley	-4.4	-27.9
Ettrick and Lauderdale	3.2	1.4
Gordon	20.9	40.7
Inverness	9.4	8.8
Kincardine and Deeside	26.9	57.3
Kyle and Carrick	0.3	1.2
Lochaber	-0.9	4.3
Moray	0.9	10.6
Nairn	6.6	72.5
Nithsdale	0.7	5
North East Fife	7.5	5.6
Orkney	2.0	13.2
Perth and Kinross	4.7	4.0
Ross and Cromarty	4.6	6.8
Roxburgh	0.0	1.3
Shetland	-14.5	-3.7
Skye and Lochalsh	10.5	77.2
Stewartry	2.9	-7.1
Stirling	1.5	3.7
Sutherland	-1.1	13.2
Tweeddale	7.0	-3.4
Western Isles	-6.8	18.6
Wigtown	-1.0	-16.9
Rural Scotland	3.5	6.5
Scotland	-1.4	1.1

Source:

Census of Population 1981 and 1991
GRO for Scotland
Department of Employment
Census of Employment 1981 and 1991