This report summarises key findings of the Scottish Islands Survey (2023), which gathered views about different aspects of island life from Scottish island residents.
The Scottish Islands Survey (2023) responds to a need identified in the National Islands Plan for better evidence concerning life in Scotland’s islands. The first survey – the National Islands Plan Survey (2020) – gathered baseline data relating to the 12 Strategic Objectives of the National Islands Plan. The second survey – the Scottish Islands Survey (2023) – the findings of which are presented in this report, measures improvements and deteriorations in experiences of island life and asks some new questions that have emerged as important in the intervening years.