About the Highlands and Islands
The Highlands and Islands is a diverse region, with a mixture of remote, rural, and urban areas. Remote and rural areas account for large proportions of households in the islands and the west and north mainland. Urban households are generally located in the main towns and particularly around the Inner Moray Firth. Islands and remote rural areas face constraints in limited transport choice and high travel costs to reach mainland service centres.
Population density is low across the region and population levels are forecast to remain stable. However, this does not reflect severe population decline in the Western Isles, in parts of Argyll, and in the more isolated areas of Orkney, and growth around Inverness and in some rural areas such as Skye
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