Scottish referendum: young, poor and unemployed more likely to vote Yes

Dundee, West Dunbartonshire and Glasgow has the highest proportion of Yes votes, while Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Borders and the Orkney Islands had the greatest proportion of No votes. Almost 57.35pc of Scots living in Scotland voted in favour of independence, compared with 32.8pc in the Orkney Islands. Turnout was 85pc across the country.

Unemployment

Unemployment in Dundee and West Dunbartonshire, which saw the highest proportion of Yes votes, is much higher than in Orkney or the Scottish Borders, where people emphatically voted No. The jobless rate in Dundee and West Dunbartonshire is also well above the national average, according to the latest available data.

Employment

Employment rates follow a similar pattern. Only West Somerset has a worse employment rate than Dundee, where the proportion of the active labour force in employment is below 60pc.

Age of voters

Younger people are more likely to vote for independence, while pensioners were more inclined to stick with the Union, according to polling data. The three councils with the strongest Yes vote had a much younger demographic than the three councils with the biggest No vote.

Life expectancy

Yes voters have a shorter life expectancy than those who voted No.

Workless households

Glasgow had the highest percentage of workless households of any area in the UK in 2012, and has been in the top ten for more than a decade. Yes voters were more likely to belong to workless households.

Disposable income

The data were mixed in this category, but the difference average disposable income (according to the national accounts measure) between Dundee and Orkney was £3,000 in 2012.

The three strongest No vote areas also saw a much faster rise in disposable income over the last decade than the three strongest Yes vote areas.

Sources: ONS, National Records for Scotland

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