Rural Areas - Rural Access to Services

High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: September 2011

Rural Access to Services

The figure shows that 7% of people in remote rural Scotland are more that 15 minutes drive away from their GP. Retail centres are also less accessible in remote rural areas.

Proportion of people within a 15 minute drive time to services by geographic location 2009

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, 2009

Further Information

Page updated: Wednesday, October 12, 2011