Yes you are quite correct the Scottish Government in recent years have tried to swell the population of the Highlands, how that plan is progressing I don't know
I don't mean to steer the thread on a different track, but can you perhaps point me to a source for more info on this? Do they have a government website or an organizational source of info for this program? I'd like to find out more, just for curiosity's sake.

In my lifetime I have seen the exodus of the young speed up and frankly who can blame them!There is and never has been any future for them in the Highlands.With the advent of modern transport, the Internet, television and so on this can only speed up their exit.
Interesting insight. I would have thought it would be the other way. Here in the USA, the internet has actually enabled people to make a good living and be successful without having to go to where the action is (like cities). I would think that, for example, it would be easier to run a web-based business in the Highlands these days, which would perhaps make it easier for people to stay in their homeland instead of having to leave to find success.