Employment - by Travel to Work Areas (TTWA)

What is it: 

There are two data layers on MS Maps NMPi:

  1. Economic Analysis - Direct employment in fishing, fish processing and aquaculture activities by travel to work areas (% of total employment, 2012).
  2. Economic Analysis - Direct employment in fishing, fish processing and aquaculture activities by travel to work areas (% of total employment, 2017) – this layer holds data for 2015, 2016 and 2017. By hovering over a particular area a graph should appear in a pop-up (as in image to the right). Alternatively click on a TTWA and the graph is in the list of attributes.

    There are places where non-coastal areas have some employment e.g. fish processing facilities.

    Updated economic information (as found in Scotland’s Marine Atlas) can be accessed in ‘Scotland's marine economic statistics’ – see link in ‘Data Sources’ tab at the bottom of the page.

Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 5: Economic Analysis of Scotland's Core Marine Sector
Data originators: 
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
This information page is part of the theme: 
Economic Analysis
Economic Analysis - Direct employment in fishing, fish processing and aquaculture activities by travel to work areas (% of total employment, 2017)
More Information: 

The current criteria for defining Travel to Work Areas (TTWAs) is that generally at least 75% of an area's resident workforce work in the area and at least 75% of the people who work in the area also live in the area. The area must also have a working population of at least 3,500.

TTWAs are updated over time to better reflect demographic and economic changes e.g. more and longer distance commuting. There have been some changes to the TTW boundaries since the map on page 143 of the Atlas was compiled, so it may be difficult to make a like-for-like comparison. Some changes might have explanations; for example, the increased percentage in the NW mainland is because that region now includes the three major NW ports of Ullapool, Lochinver and Kinlochbervie (and smaller ports like Gairloch), and its geographical coverage has been reduced (no longer includes the east Sutherland coast).

This page was last modified on : 
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 10:39

Links and Resources

Map Type Click title for metadata and licence informationsort descending Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) Economic Analysis - Direct employment in fishing, fish processing and aquaculture activities by travel to work areas ((TTW) % of total employment, 2017) 2019-02-12 Access this map on NMPi
Type Link Titlesort descending External Link
Data Portals, Web link nomis official labour market statistics (ONS) www.nomisweb.co.uk
Data Portals, Web link Office for National Statistics (ONS) Open Geography portal geoportal.statistics.gov.uk
Data Portals, Web link Office for National Statistics (ONS) portal - Travel To Work Areas geoportal.statistics.gov.uk
Reports, Web link Scotland's marine economic statistics 2018 (October 2020) www.gov.scot
Type Title External link
Documents Scotland's Marine Economy - Topic Sheet and Technical Note www.gov.scot
Web link Office for National Statistics - Business Register and Employment Survey www.ons.gov.uk