30 minutes drive from Edinburgh and Glasgow city centres and 15 minutes to Edinburgh
Airport.60 percent of Scotland’s population within a 60 minute radius and excellent transport links. 30% lower property costs than Edinburgh with 15 current new build residential property developments. 110 trains daily to Edinburgh by 3 different routes.
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Proportion of employment by the public sector
As you can see West Lothian has the lowest public sector employment of any local authority in Scotland. It is far below the level in any other area with less than half the level of public sector employees in Eilean Siar. | | Number | % | | Eilean Siar | 4700 | 41.7 | | Dundee City | 28001 | 37.0 | | Argyll & Bute | 12526 | 36.6 | | Clackmannanshire | 4885 | 35.5 | | Inverclyde | 11137 | 35.5 | | Orkney Islands | 3017 | 34.7 | | Shetland Islands | 4422 | 33.8 | | South Ayrshire | 15288 | 33.7 | | Scottish Borders | 12977 | 32.7 | | Moray | 10987 | 32.5 | | West Dunbartonshire | 10140 | 32.5 | | Angus | 11139 | 32.4 | | Highland | 27787 | 32.3 | | East Renfrewshire | 5430 | 31.3 | | Falkirk | 18437 | 31.3 | | Stirling | 13191 | 31.2 | | Glasgow City | 122577 | 31.2 | | Dumfries & Galloway | 16385 | 30.9 | | Fife | 42024 | 30.9 | | East Ayrshire | 11632 | 30.6 | | East Lothian | 7653 | 30.6 | | Midlothian | 7698 | 30.2 | | North Ayrshire | 12349 | 30.1 | | Scotland | 680162 | 29.2 | | Renfrewshire | 21636 | 28.6 | | City of Edinburgh | 86793 | 27.9 | | East Dunbartonshire | 6641 | 27.5 | | Perthshire & Kinross | 14936 | 26.7 | | Aberdeen City | 42937 | 25.7 | | Aberdeenshire | 19918 | 25.3 | | South Lanarkshire | 28735 | 24.8 | | North Lanarkshire | 27954 | 24.2 | | West Lothian | 14678 | 20.8 | | Source: 2004 ABI Survey
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