Census 2011: Release 3J - Detailed characteristics on housing and accommodation in Scotland

16 Oct 2014 01:13 PM

Statistics published yesterday by the Registrar General for Scotland on the Scotland’s Census website (http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk ) present further details on housing and accommodation (Release 3J), from national to local level.

Key points - Release 3J

Accommodation type by tenure

• The 2011 Census estimated there were 2.4 million households in Scotland. Of these, 62 per cent (1.5 million) owned their property - either owned outright (28 per cent) or owned with a loan or mortgage (34 per cent) - 24 per cent (576,000) lived in social rented accommodation and 14 per cent (325,000) lived in the private rented accommodation.
• Just over a fifth (22 per cent or 520,000) of households lived in detached houses, 23 per cent (541,000) in semi-detached houses, 19 per cent (442,000) in terraced houses and 36 per cent (811,000) in flats.
• The proportion of households which were owner occupied was highest for detached houses (89 per cent) and lowest for flats (38 per cent). The proportion of households living in social rented accommodation was highest for flats (39 per cent); it was 27 per cent for terraced houses, 20 per cent for semi-detached houses and just 3 per cent for detached houses. The proportion of households in private rented accommodation was 8 per cent for houses or bungalows and 23 per cent for flats.
• Of the 1.5 million households who owned their property, 31 per cent lived in detached houses, 27 per cent in semi-detached houses, 20 per cent in terraced houses and 22 per cent in flats. For the 576,000 households in social rented accommodation, the corresponding proportions were 2 per cent, 18 per cent, 21 per cent and 59 per cent respectively. Of the 325,000 households in private rented accommodation, 39 per cent lived in a house or bungalow and 61 per cent in flats.

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