Selkirk, Scottish Borders
Population 5,784Selkirk is in Scottish Borders. It has a long history as an abbey, a medieval burgh and a shoemaking town. The monks from the abbey abandoned the town and it was also destroyed but re-emerged as a vibrant market town. In recent times it became known for the woollen industry. This industry saw a decline in the 1970s but today both Loch Carron and Andrew Elliot are both present in the town. Other light industries (Cademuir) and service sector activities (Valtra) are also present.
This type of medium-sized town is extremely mixed in terms of demographics. There is a particularly wide range of people, housing and activities. The number of older couples with no children are higher than average. There is a mix of professional and non-professional jobs, and part-time and self-employment are both important for a significant proportion of residents. Socioeconomic status is higher than in other kinds of town and there is a mix of professionals and nonprofessionals, those with higher and lower educational attainment.
Selkirk is an independent to interdependent town.
Its most similar towns are Blairgowrie, Haddington, Dunbar, and Forres.
To gain more insight into Selkirk, compare it to any of the other towns included in USP.
Inter-relationships
Dependent Interdependent Independent
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Dependent Interdependent Independent
Selkirk is an independent to interdependent town.
Combining inter-relationships and typology, Selkirk is grouped with 12 other towns. It has similarities to these towns in terms of the number of charities, hospitals, jobs, public sector jobs, shops, GP's and dentists, and diversity of retail offer. It also has similarities in the distance travelled to study.
It differs in terms of the number of children in secondary schools. It also differs in the distance travelled to work. Selkirk differs most from its group in the number of children in primary schools.
Employment Public Commercial Social
Average for the category
Change
Population change 2001 to 2011
1%
Less than similar towns per head of population
Interim population change 2012-2016
Less
Population 2011
Population
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6k
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Age
Household composition
Car ownership
Jobs
3k
More than similar towns per head of population
Jobs change 2009 to 2014
6%
More than similar towns per head of population
Employment type(% working full time vs part time
aged 16-74)
Occupation (% aged 16-74)
Employment
0-4 year s 5-10 yea rs 10-1 5 ye ars 16-2 4 ye ars 25-4 4 ye ars 45-6 4 ye ars 65-7 4 ye ars 75 y ears + 20 40% One per son Mar ried no … Mar ried chil… Coha bit n o … Coha bit c hil… Lone par en… Lone par en… Mul tiper son… Mul tiper son 25 50%Part time Full time 25
50 75%
Social Grade (% households aged 16-64)
Sector Diversity
Distance travelled to work
Education (% all people aged 16 and over)
Public
Stud ent Retir ed Hous e Inac tive Empl oyee Self empl oyed Unem ploy ed 25 50 75% Prof essio na… Whi te c olla r… Skille d m anua l Sem i-skil led … 20 40% Agric ultu re Man ufac turin g Mot orTr ades Reta il Acco mm odat ion Fina ncia l Prof essio nal Publ icAdm in Heal th 10 20% At h ome Up to 5km 5 to 10k m 10 to 30k m 30km and ove r 10 20 30%Children in primary schools
392
Less than similar towns per head of population
Children in secondary schools
Less
Commuter Flow Map
Coloured and grey lines/pins show the main and smaller commuter flows, respectively, between this town and the other towns in Scotland.
Commercial
Number of people per shop
72
No education Standard gradeor equivalent Higher grade or equivalent HNC, HND, SVQ4 Degree or higher degree 20 40%
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Social
Distance travelled to study
Number of residents per charity
131
More than similar towns per head of population
Amount of grant funding (£)
More
Connectivity and environment
assets
Average download speed (MBs)
26
More than similar towns per head of population
Greenspace (hectares) per 1000 population
Less
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At home Up to 5km 5 to 10km 10 to 30km 30km and over 5
10 15%
