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Scotland's Census 2001 - Statistics on Travel to Work or Study

Age

Table 3A, Table 3B and Table 3C provide an age breakdown of Scottish residents who travelled to a place of work or study within Scotland. This is provided by the local authority area in which they live (Table 3A) and the area in which they work or study (Table 3B).The majority (54 per cent) of migrants who moved across local authority boundaries were aged between 16 and 34 while only 9 per cent were aged 55 and over.

The areas City of Edinburgh, Aberdeen City and Dundee City had net gains in “daytime population” for all age groups, while Glasgow City gained for all age groups except those aged 0-15 (Table 3C).

Almost half (15) of all local authorities had net losses in “daytime population” for all age groups. The majority of these areas bordered onto one of the four city local authority areas.

In the four main city council areas, the largest gain was among those aged 35-44. This age group accounted for between 25 and 28 per cent of the overall gain for each of these areas.

16-24 year olds accounted for a higher proportion of the gain in Glasgow City (23 per cent) than in the other city authorities.

Those aged 25-34 were responsible for 26 per cent of the gain in City of Edinburgh – much higher than for the other three main city council areas.

Around a quarter of the gain in Aberdeen City and Dundee City was as a result of travellers aged 45-54, while this age group contributed to only around a fifth of the gain in the Glasgow City and City of Edinburgh council areas.

People living in Argyll & Bute who travelled to a place of work or study were the most likely to be aged 65 and over (1.8 per cent) and those who lived in West Lothian were the least likely to be in this age group (0.8 per cent) (Table 3A).