Scottish Cities

Employment rates for selected Scottish cities and Scotland, 2022
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In 2022, 72% of working age Glaswegians were employed. Glasgow's employment rate is 2% lower than the Scottish average.

Job density: in 2021, job density in Glasgow was 1.03, which was higher than the Scottish average. Over the last two decades, all Scottish cities have consistently had higher job density levels than Scotland as a whole

Notes

The LFS definition of employment is anyone (aged 16 or over) who does at least one hour’s paid work in the week prior to their LFS interview, or has a job that they are temporarily away from (e.g. on holiday). Also included are people who do unpaid work in a family business and people on government supported employment training schemes, in line with ILO definitions.

The headline employment rate is the proportion of the working-age population who are in employment. The working-age population comprises men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59 and therefore takes account of the school leaving age but does not align completely with the state pension age, which is in the process of change and rising.

Job density:
the number of jobs per working age resident and is used as indicator of labour demand. A job density greater than 1 indicates that there is more than one job per person for the working age population.

This page was updated in July 2023.

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