Breakdown of population into migrant types (Table 1)
45. One in seven of the population living in households at the time of the Census (693,000 people) lived in households where at least one person had moved address in the previous year.
46. 47 per cent of these people (328,000) were migrants living in wholly moving households, with a further 32 per cent (221,000) migrants in partly moving households. The remaining 21 per cent (144,000) lived in partly moving households but had not themselves moved in the year before the Census.
47. 60 per cent of migrants in households lived in wholly moving households. Migrants who had moved within the same council area were the most likely to be in wholly moving households (65 per cent), with those who moved to Scotland from abroad (52 per cent) the least likely.
48. Three-quarters of people with no usual address one year earlier lived in partly moving households. The remainder lived on their own at Census time.
49. 51 per cent of migrants in wholly moving households were moving group reference persons. This proportion was much higher (84 per cent) for residents in partly moving households as expected, reflecting the fact that many such households had more than one moving group.
50. People who moved into wholly moving households from abroad lived in the largest households. While all wholly moving households contained an average of 1.96 people, those containing migrants from abroad averaged 2.18 people.
People in wholly and partly moving households (Tables 2-8 and Charts 1-4)
Household size (Table 2)
All households
51. In the population as a whole, 14 per cent of household residents lived on their own, with 29, 21 and 23 per cent living in two, three and four person households, respectively.
52. Around 11 per cent of people in households were migrants. People who lived in households of the largest households (8 or more people) were the most likely to be migrants (14 per cent), with those in 4 person households the least likely (10 per cent).
Wholly moving households
53. A quarter of people in wholly moving households lived alone. The proportions living in each of the larger household sizes were smaller than for the household population as a whole.
Partly moving households
54. By definition, partly moving households cannot contain fewer than two people. 28 per cent of people in this type of household lived in two person households, with 28, 23 and 13 per cent, respectively, in three, four and five person households.
55. People in partly moving households who were not themselves migrants were most likely to live in three and four person households (29 and 27 per cent, respectively).
Age of people in moving households (Table 3 and Chart 1)
Wholly moving households
56. Moving group reference persons in wholly moving households were more likely to be aged 25-29 and 30-34 than any other age groups (Table 3).
57. Two thirds of group heads were aged between 20 and 44 with a further fifth aged 45-64 and only 3 per cent aged under 20.
58. Almost half of those who were not moving group reference persons were children aged under 16, reflecting the fact that a large number of wholly moving households were families with children. Only a third of people who were not moving group reference persons were aged 20-44.
59. People in wholly moving households accounted for 7 per cent of the overall household population (Chart 1).
60. People aged 25-29 were the most likely to live in wholly moving households, with 12 per cent all household residents of this age living in such households. This figure was also high for people aged 30-34 and 20-24 (11 and 10 per cent, respectively, of the population of those ages). It was lowest for the older age groups.
Partly moving households
61. Moving group reference persons in partly moving households were younger than their equivalents in wholly moving households (Table 3). They were most likely to be aged 20-24, with 30 per cent of all group heads in this age group. Almost three quarters were aged between 20 and 44.
62. Substantially more group heads in partly moving households were aged under 20 (17 per cent) compared with wholly moving households.
63. Among migrants in partly moving households who were not group heads, 58 per cent were children aged under 16, with a further 23 per cent aged 16-24.
64. Amongst those in partly moving households who were not themselves migrants, 19 per cent were aged under 16. There were also large numbers in the 20-24, 25-29 and 50-54 age groups.
65. Migrants living in partly moving households accounted for 4 per cent of the overall household population (Chart 1).
66. People aged 20-24 were the most likely to live in partly moving households, with 20 per cent all household residents of this age living in such households. This figure was also high for people aged 25-29 (12 per cent of the population of this age group). As with wholly moving households, these proportions were very small for the older age groups.
Household type of people in moving households (Table 4 and Chart 2)
Wholly moving households
67. 48 per cent of moving group reference persons in wholly moving households lived alone (Table 4). A further 28 and 13 per cent lived in married couple and lone parent households, respectively.
68. 60 per cent of other people in wholly moving households were in married couple households. A further 21 and 15 per cent were in lone parent and cohabiting couple households.
Partly moving households
69. By definition, moving group reference persons in partly moving households cannot live alone. Moving group reference persons were most likely to have moved into a cohabiting couple household, with 33 per cent having done so. 28 per cent moved into married couple households with a further 25 per cent moving into multi-person households (Table 4).
70. Amongst migrants who were not group heads, more lived in married couple households (44 per cent) than any other household type. A further 28 per cent moved into cohabiting couple households, 14 per cent into lone parent households and 14 per cent into multi-person households.
71. Non-migrants in partly moving households showed a similar pattern to migrants who were not group heads, although migrants were much more likely to be in multi-person all student households.
All households
72. Chart 2 shows that, while 11 per cent of the household population were migrants, this varied significantly by household type. People living in married couple households were the least likely to be migrants (7 per cent), while those in all-student multi-person households were by far the most likely (73 per cent).
73. Migrants in married couple and lone person households were more likely to be in wholly moving than partly moving households, while migrants in cohabiting couple and same-sex couple households were almost twice as likely to be in partly moving households.
74. Migrants in all-student multi-person households were four times more likely to live in partly moving than wholly moving households while migrants in other multi-person households were more than six times as likely to do so.
Economic activity of migrants aged 16-74 in moving households (Table 5 and Chart 3)
Wholly moving households
75. Two thirds of migrants in wholly moving households moved to an address in the same council area, with 18 per cent moving from a different Scottish council area (Table 5). 7 per cent moved from the rest of the UK and 4 per cent from abroad.
76. Full-time students were more likely to have moved within the same council area (74 per cent) and to have moved from abroad (8 per cent). They were less likely to have moved between Scottish council areas (13 per cent) and from the rest of the UK (4 per cent).
77. Amongst full-time students, those who were employed were the most likely to have moved within the same council area, perhaps illustrating that having employment makes a student less likely to make a long distance move. Economically inactive students were more likely to have moved from abroad than students who were in employment or unemployed.
78. Amongst both full-time students and other people, those who were unemployed were the most likely to have said they had no usual address one year before the Census.
Partly moving households
79. Migrants in partly moving households were likely to have moved longer distances than those in wholly moving households - only 54 per cent of migrants had moved within the same council area, far less than for wholly moving households.
80. 10 per cent of migrants in partly moving households said they had no usual address one year earlier, much higher than the figure of 3 per cent for wholly moving households.
81. In partly moving households, the main difference between students and other people was that students were more likely to have moved from abroad and less likely to have had no usual address one year earlier.
All households
82. Only 8 per cent of migrants in wholly moving households were full-time students, compared with 21 per cent for partly moving households, illustrating that students were less likely than others to move in groups (Chart 3). By contrast, 26 per cent of those in wholly moving households were economically inactive non-students compared with 14 per cent for partly moving households.
Relationship to household reference person of migrants in moving households (Table 6)
Wholly moving households
83. Just over half of people in wholly moving households were themselves household reference persons (and by definition also moving group reference persons).
84. Among those who were not reference persons, 54 per cent were the son or daughter of their group head, 29 per cent were the husband or wife, 9 per cent were a partner with a further 4 per cent unrelated. The high proportion for "son/daughter" compared with "husband/wife" shows that many of the moves involved more than one child.
Partly moving households
85. In partly moving households, 31 per cent of migrants were household reference persons, 52 per cent were moving group reference persons but not household reference persons and the remaining 16 per cent were neither.
86. Amongst those who were the reference person of their moving group but not of their household, 29 per cent were a son or daughter of the household reference person with 24 per cent a husband or wife and 9 per cent a partner. A further 29 per cent were unrelated to the household reference person – this is likely to reflect people who were in a different moving group from their household reference person.
87. For people who were neither a household nor a moving group reference person, 50 per cent were a son or daughter of the household head. A further 12 per cent were a husband or wife, much lower than the equivalent figure of 29 per cent for wholly moving households and reflecting the fact that married couple households were less common in partly moving than they were in wholly moving households. A further 20 per cent were unrelated to the household head, much higher than the equivalent figure for wholly moving households.
Household size and moving group size of migrants in partly moving households (Table 7)
88. 73 per cent of migrants living in partly moving households at Census time were in a one person moving group. The larger the household the smaller this proportion was, ranging from 68 per cent for three person households to 40 per cent for households of six or more people.
89. For all moving group sizes, migrants were most likely to be in groups containing one fewer person than the household. For example, 48 per cent of one person moving groups lived in households with two people. This figure was higher for the larger moving group / household sizes, with 80 per cent of four person moving groups living in households with five people. This illustrates that many partly moving households are formed by a moving group joining up with one other person.
90. The vast majority (87 per cent) of moving groups in partly moving households consisted of just one person. This proportion was lower for the larger household sizes, ranging from 81 per cent for three person households to 70 per cent for households of six or more people.
91. A moving group in a partly moving household contained an average of 1.2 people although this ranged from exactly 1 for groups in two person households to 1.8 for groups in households with six or more people.
Moving group reference persons by household size and age (Table 8 and Chart 4)
Wholly moving households
92. 56 per cent of all moving group reference persons were aged between 25 and 44 (Table 8 and Chart 4). This varied greatly by household size, from 48 per cent for group reference persons in two person households to 82 per cent for those in households with five or more people.
93. On average, moving group reference persons were aged 39, although this varied from 36 for group heads in three person households to 41 for heads of two person households.
Partly moving households
94. Moving group reference persons in partly moving households were noticeably younger across all sizes of household than those in wholly moving households.
95. The percentage of group heads who were aged 25-44 also varied by household size but in a completely different way from wholly moving households. Overall, 43 per cent were in this age range and this varied from 47 per cent for those in two person households to 37 per cent for those in households with five people or more people.
96. Moving group reference persons in partly moving households were much more likely to be under 25 (47 per cent) than those in wholly moving households (15 per cent).
97. 40 per cent of those in two person households were aged under 25 while, for households of five people or more, this proportion was 55 per cent.
All households
98. Generally speaking, for both wholly and partly moving households, the larger the household the less likely it was that the moving group reference person was aged 65 or over.
Characteristics of wholly and partly moving households (Tables 9-15 and Charts 5-7)
Moving households by size and by ethnic group of household reference person (Table 9)
Moving households
99. Households headed by someone of a non-white ethnic group were much more likely than those headed by a white person to have moved in the year before the Census. While 13 per cent of households with a white household reference person were moving households, this figure was 24 per cent for households with a Chinese or Pakistani & Other South Asian household reference person, 29 per cent for those with an Indian reference person and 34 per cent where the reference person was of other ethnicity.
Wholly moving households
100. While 48 per cent of wholly moving households consisted of one person, this varied greatly according to the ethnic group of the household reference person.
101. Only 35 per cent of wholly moving households headed by a person of Indian ethnicity were single person households, while this was highest (54 per cent) for households headed by a Chinese person.
102. Wholly moving households with a Pakistani or Other South Asian reference person were twice as likely (30 per cent) to contain four or more people than all other ethnic groups.
Partly moving households
103. 43 per cent of all partly moving households contained exactly two people. For households with an Indian or a Pakistani/Other South Asian household reference person, this was much lower, at 31 and 28 per cent respectively.
104. Households with a Pakistani or Other South Asian household reference person were again the most likely to contain four or more people, with 55 per cent of partly moving households having this number of residents. This figure was also high for households with an Indian head (40 per cent) while, for those with a household reference person of white ethnicity, it was much lower (29 per cent).
All households
105. The average wholly moving household contained 2 people compared with 3 for partly moving households and 2.2 for non moving households. Households with a Pakistani and Other South Asian head were much larger (2.6, 4.1 and 3.8, respectively).
Moving households by size and number of dependent children (Table 10 and Chart 5)
All households
106. Households with dependent children were only slightly more likely to be moving households (14 per cent) than households with no dependents (13 per cent) (Table 10).
107. Moving households were more likely than non-moving households to contain one dependent child (Chart 5). 12 per cent of non-moving households had one dependent while, for wholly and partly moving households, this proportion was 15 and 18 per cent, respectively.
108. Around a sixth of households had two or more dependents – this varied little by the moving status of the household involved.
Wholly moving households
109. Just under a quarter of two person wholly moving households contained one dependent child (Table 10). For three person households, 59 per cent had one dependent child with a further 24 per cent containing two dependents.
110. Four person wholly moving households were most likely to have two dependents, with 76 per cent coming into this category.
111. 62 per cent of households with five or more people contained three dependent children.
Partly moving households
112. Only 8 per cent of two person partly moving households had one dependent child. For three person households, 33 per cent had one dependent child with a further 6 per cent containing two dependents.
113. Four person partly moving households were marginally more likely to have no dependent children (41 per cent) than two dependents (37 per cent), with a further 18 per cent having one dependent. Households with five or more people were as likely to have three dependents as they were to have none.
Moving households by size and household type (Table 11)
Wholly moving households
114. Of those wholly moving households with more than one resident, 54 per cent were married couple households. A further 16 per cent were cohabiting couples and 24 per cent were lone parent households, with only 5 per cent classed as "multi-person" households.
115. Same sex couple households and other multi-person households were the most likely to contain exactly two people (90 and 85 per cent, respectively). The most likely households to contain exactly three people were all-student multi-person (33 per cent) and lone parent households (29 per cent).
116. 35 per cent of married couple households had four or more residents, much higher than for any other household type. All-student multi-person households were the next highest, with 23 per cent.
Partly moving households
117. Compared with wholly moving households, partly moving households were less likely to be married couple (32 per cent) or lone parent households (15 per cent) but more likely to be co-habiting couple (32 per cent) or multi person households (21 per cent).
118. As with wholly moving households, same sex couple and other multi-person households were the most likely to contain exactly two people, with around two thirds of households of these types having two residents.
119. A third of all-student multi-person, married couple and lone parent households contained three people.
120. 48 per cent of married couple households had four or more residents, with the next highest household type being all-student multi-person households (39 per cent).
Non-moving households
121. Non-moving households were much more likely than both wholly moving and partly moving households to be married couple households and were less likely to be co-habiting couples. Of those non-moving households with more than one resident, 72 per cent were married couple households, with only 8 per cent cohabiting couples.
122. 17 per cent of non-moving households with more than one resident were lone parent households, lower than for wholly moving households but slightly higher than for partly moving households.
Partly moving households by size and migrant status and by number of moving group reference persons (Table 12 and Chart 6)
123. In 37 per cent of partly moving households, every resident had moved address in the year before the Census (Table 12).
124. As might be expected, this was highest for two person households (51 per cent). For larger households, this varied from 31 per cent for three person households to 13 per cent for households with eight or more residents.
125. While the majority (57 per cent) of partly moving households contained just one moving group, 36 per cent had two such groups with the remaining 7 per cent having at least three groups (Chart 6).
Moving households by type of accommodation (Table 13)
126. Households living in detached, semi-detached or terraced accommodation were the least likely to be moving households, with only around 10 or 11 per cent of such households containing migrant(s), compared with 13 per cent for all households.
127. Households in a commercial building (29 per cent) and in part of a converted or shared house (25 per cent) were the most likely to be moving households.
128. While 47 per cent of wholly moving households lived in detached, semi-detached or terraced accommodation, 51 per cent of partly moving households and 66 per cent of non-moving households did so.
129. Movers were significantly more likely to live in a purpose built block of flats or a tenement than non-movers. 47 per cent of wholly moving and 43 per cent of partly moving households lived in this type of accommodation, compared with just 31 per cent for non moving households.
130. For all of wholly, partly and non moving households, the largest households were those in detached accommodation, followed by semi-detached then terraced.
131. Partly moving households were larger than wholly moving households – this is to be expected due to all partly moving households containing at least two residents. Partly moving households contained around one person more than wholly moving households, with this difference largest for households with the accommodation types "purpose built block of flats or tenement", "part of a converted or shared house" and "commercial building".
132. Wholly moving households had only slightly fewer residents (2.0) than non-moving households (2.2).
Moving households by housing tenure (Table 14 and Chart 7)
133. Households living in owner occupied accommodation were the least likely to be moving households, with 10 per cent of such households containing migrant(s) (Table 14). This was only slightly higher (12 per cent) for social rented households.
134. Private rented households were, however, substantially more likely to be moving households, with 41 per cent containing migrant(s). This reflects the fact that a lot of moves to private rented accommodation are short-term and are not intended as permanent moves.
135. Wholly moving households were less likely to be in owner occupied accommodation (44 per cent) than partly moving households (52 per cent) (Table 14 and Chart 7).
136. Partly moving households were the least likely to live in social rented accommodation (24 per cent). This figure was 30 per cent for both wholly moving and non moving households.
137. While only 5 per cent of non moving households were in the private rented sector, this proportion was much higher for both wholly and partly moving households, at 25 and 24 per cent respectively.
138. For wholly moving households, owner occupied households contained more residents than those in both rented sectors. The same was true of non-moving households.
139. Household sizes were largest for partly moving households, particularly for those in the social rented sector, which had an average of 3.2 residents.
Moving households by highest educational qualifications of household reference person (Table 15)
140. Households headed by a person with no educational qualifications were the least likely to contain migrant(s). While 14 per cent of all households with a reference person aged 16-74 were moving households, this figure was only 9 per cent for those headed by someone with no qualifications.
141. For households where the reference person did have qualifications, the proportion which were moving households ranged slightly from 16 per cent for those qualified to Ordinary/Standard grade or equivalent to 19 per cent for those qualified to Higher grade or equivalent.
142. The household reference person in a moving household was much more likely to have educational qualifications than the head of a non-moving household. Around three quarters of heads of both wholly and partly moving households had qualifications - this compared with around 60 per cent for those in non-moving households.
143. Household reference persons in wholly moving households had roughly similar levels of qualifications to those in partly moving households.
144. The biggest difference between those in wholly and partly moving households was in the proportion qualified to Higher grade or equivalent. While 15 per cent of heads of wholly moving households were qualified to this level, this was higher (19 per cent) for those in partly moving households. This is likely to reflect the large number of full-time students living in partly moving households.
Moving households at council area level (Chart 8 and Map 1)
145. Households in the four city council areas were the most likely to contain migrant(s), ranging from 19 per cent of households in City of Edinburgh to 15 per cent in Glasgow City. There were also high levels of migration in Stirling and Moray.
146. East Dunbartonshire had the lowest proportion of moving households (9 per cent). Indeed, of the ten areas with the lowest proportions, eight of them bordered onto either the Glasgow City or City of Edinburgh areas.
147. The areas which were closest to the Scottish average were West Lothian and Perth & Kinross.
Migrant groups moving between Scottish council areas (Table 16, Charts 9A-9B and Map 2)
148. For movers between Scottish addresses, the patterns of moving for wholly moving households differed greatly from those for partly moving households (Table 16 and Chart 9A).
Wholly moving households
149. Around two-thirds of council areas had a net gain of people in wholly moving households, with the largest gains as a proportion of household population in Scottish Borders (7.3 per thousand) and West Lothian (5.9 per thousand).
150. The biggest losses of people in this type of household were in the four city council and the three islands areas, with the largest losses in City of Edinburgh and Glasgow City (6.9 and 5.3 per thousand household population, respectively).
Partly moving households
151. By contrast, only six council areas had a net gain of people in partly moving households (Table 16 and Chart 9B), with the largest gain by far in City of Edinburgh (5.7 per 1,000 population, more than twice as great as the next highest gain).
152. Glasgow City and Dundee City were among those who gained people in partly moving households but there was a loss for Aberdeen City.
153. Eilean Siar, the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands had the largest loss of people in wholly moving households (5.7, 5.4 and 4.1 per 1,000 population, respectively).
All moving households
154. Map 2 shows that a large number of council areas in Scotland gained people in wholly moving households but lost people in partly moving households.
155. The areas which gained those in partly moving but lost those in wholly moving households consisted of the city council areas (apart from Aberdeen City) and West Dunbartonshire.
156. The information in Map 2, together with the figures on average age in Table 8, is consistent with the notion that many people move to the cities at a younger age and move out when they are slightly older.
157. Most of the areas which lost people in both types of household were rural areas such as the islands areas. The exceptions to this were Aberdeen City and East Dunbartonshire.
158. Only two areas of Scotland, Falkirk and West Lothian, gained people in both wholly and partly moving households.
Migrant groups moving between Scottish urban/rural areas (Table 17)
159. Table 17 classifies migrants in wholly and partly moving households by the six-fold urban/rural classification for 2001 (used in the Scottish Household Survey) of their addresses at Census time and one year before.
Wholly moving households
160. Large urban areas lost people in wholly moving households to all the other five area types, with the biggest loss of 2,500 to other urban areas.
161. Accessible small towns gained people from each of the other areas, most particularly from the large urban areas (1,500) and accessible rural areas (800).
Partly moving households
162. For migrants in partly moving households, large urban areas gained from all other area types, with the largest gain from other urban areas and accessible rural areas (each 1,300).
163. Other urban areas lost 400 migrants overall to the other areas, although their only loss was to the large urban areas (1,300), with a gain of 700 from accessible rural areas.
164. Although accessible small towns lost migrants to urban areas, they gained almost the same number of migrants from the other three areas, particularly from accessible rural areas.
Migrant groups moving between Scotland and the rest of the UK (Tables 18-19, Charts 10A-10B & 11 and Map 3)
Wholly moving households
165. Scotland gained almost 1,500 residents in wholly moving households from the rest of the UK in the year before the Census (Table 18). Just over half of council areas made net gains (Table 18 and Chart 10A). These gains were particularly large in the rural areas of Dumfries & Galloway, Scottish Borders, the Orkney Islands, Highland and Eilean Siar. The only one of the four city council areas to gain was City of Edinburgh.
166. The biggest loss by far of people in this type of household was in the Shetland Islands (3 per 1,000 population, more than twice as great as the next largest loss). There were also losses of more than 1 per 1,000 in Moray, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian, East Dunbartonshire and Aberdeen City.
167. Over three quarters of the gain of 1,500 people in wholly moving households was as a result of a gain from London (Table 19 and Chart 11). There were also gains of over 400 from both the South East and Yorkshire & the Humber. The biggest loss (over 500 people) was to Northern Ireland.
Partly moving households
168. Scotland lost almost 2,400 residents living in partly moving households to the rest of the UK (Table 18). Only a quarter of council areas had a net gain of people in such households (Table 18 and Chart 10B).
169. The largest gain by far was in Moray (3.3 per 1,000 population, more than three times as great as the next highest gain). The next highest was City of Edinburgh, again the only one of the four city authority areas to make a gain.
170. The largest loss was in Aberdeen City (2.6 per 1,000 population), with losses of more than 1 per 1,000 population taking place in eight other council areas, including Glasgow City.
171. Over 90 per cent of the loss of 2,400 people in partly moving households was accounted for by London (Table 19 and Chart 11). There were also losses of over 200 to South East and East. The biggest gain, of 200 people, was from Yorkshire & the Humber.
All moving households
172. Map 3 is the equivalent to Map 2 but for migration between Scotland and the rest of the UK. Map 3 shows that 14 Scottish council areas lost people in both wholly and partly moving households. These areas were mainly, but not exclusively, in the central belt and the north east of the country and included each of the city council areas apart from City of Edinburgh.
173. Ten areas gained people in wholly moving but lost people in partly moving households. Many of these were rural areas in both the north and the south of the country.
174. There were seven areas which gained people from both wholly and partly moving households. These included Highland and Argyll & Bute and also areas in and around City of Edinburgh.
175. Moray was the only area which gained people in partly moving but lost people in wholly moving households.
Migrant groups moving into Scotland from outside the UK (Table 20)
176. Around 25,100 people living in households in Scotland had lived abroad one year before. Just over half of these (13,100) were living in wholly moving households.
177. For migrants who had moved from elsewhere in Europe, slightly more people lived in partly moving than in wholly moving households. This was particularly the case for migrants from Greece and Spain, where 75 and 69 per cent, respectively, lived in partly moving households.
178. At the other end of the spectrum, migrants from Norway (33 per cent) and Germany (39 per cent) were the least likely to be in partly moving households.
179. Oceania was the only other continent from which more in-migrants lived in partly moving households.
180. Around 60 per cent of migrants from Asia and Africa lived in wholly moving households. This proportion was particularly high for migrants from the Middle East (69 per cent), Cyprus, India, Malaysia (all 66 per cent) and South Africa (63 per cent).
181. Migrants from the United States were more likely (58 per cent) to live in wholly moving households than migrants from Canada (48 per cent).
Migrants into and out of the four largest cities (Table 21 and Maps 4A-4D)
182. Table 16 and Charts 9A & 9B show that the city council areas tended to lose migrants in partly moving households and, with the exception of Aberdeen City, gain migrants in wholly moving households.
183. Table 21 looks in more detail at this but examines the "city areas" to exclude any towns/villages which are not in the cities themselves. For Dundee and Glasgow, the "city area" has been defined as the local authority area of the same name as both of these council areas accurately define the cities themselves. However, the Aberdeen City and City of Edinburgh council areas contain other towns and villages as well as the cities themselves. For example, the towns of Cove Bay and South Queensferry are, respectively, within the Aberdeen City and City of Edinburgh council areas but are separate from the main city. Therefore the Aberdeen and Edinburgh "city areas" have been defined differently - by the localities of the same name. Maps 4A-4D show the extent of each of the "city areas". Table 21 focuses on the towns and cities to/from which Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee gained people in partly moving households and lost people in wholly moving households.
Glasgow
184. By far the greatest net inflow to Glasgow of people in partly moving households came from Aberdeen (159), with the four next largest flows coming from the nearby towns of Bishopbriggs, Cumbernauld, Ayr and Greenock.
185. The biggest net outflows for people in wholly moving households were for nearby Rutherglen and Cambuslang. There were also large net outflows to the East Renfrewshire towns of Newton Mearns, Clarkston and Giffnock.
Edinburgh
186. In Edinburgh, again by far the largest net inflow of people in partly moving households came from Aberdeen (313). The next largest net flows came from Glasgow, Dundee, St. Andrews and Stirling. The fact that around three quarters of the net flow for these university towns/cities was accounted for by people qualified to degree level (not shown in Table 21) suggests large flows into Edinburgh of recently graduated students.
187. Flows of wholly moving households out of Edinburgh tended to be to commuter towns near the city, particularly to Livingston and Musselburgh.
Aberdeen
188. Although Aberdeen was the only one of the four largest cities to have a net outflow of people in partly moving households, there were small net inflows (of around 30 to 40 people) into the city from nearby Peterhead, Ellon, Buckie and Portlethen.
189. The largest net outflow of people in wholly moving households was to Edinburgh (141) with a substantial outflow also to Glasgow and to nearby Kingswells, Westhill and Newmachar.
Dundee
190. Net inflows to Dundee of people in partly moving households were fairly small but were largest for St. Andrews (24).
191. Net outflows of those in wholly moving households were also fairly modest, with Carnoustie accounting for the largest outflow (33).