What percentage of working-age people have been unemployed in the (a) West Dunbartonshire and (b) East Dunbartonshire local authority area …

The official source for unemployment is the International Labour Organisation (ILO) definition from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
ILO unemployment rates are not available for all local authorities for all years from 1996.
Table 1 shows the unemployment rates for West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire for working age people where available.
Table 1: Working Age Unemployment Rates1 in West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire

| East Dunbartonshire
| West Dunbartonshire

1996
| 4.2%*
| 15.2%

1997
| 4.4%*
| 12.6%

1998
| 2.7%*
| 7.0%*

1999
| 4.1%*
| 10.4%*

2000
| 6.9%*
| 7.6%*

2001
| 5.5%*
| 9.2%*

2002
| 3.8%*
| 5.7%*

2003
| 3.3%
| 8.3%

2004
| 3.1%
| 6.7%

Source: 1996-2002 data – Labour Force Survey annual average.
2003-04 – Annual Scottish Labour Force Survey.
Notes:
1. Rates are calculated as the number of working age people who are unemployed divided by the number of working age economically active people.
2. *Data is above disclosure threshold but is considered statistically unreliable.