Annual Housing Statistics, 2020-21

10 May 2022 03:59 PM

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland.

The latest compendium annual housing statistics were yesterday published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

This release covers annual statistics up to the financial year 2020-21 on total new housing supply in Scotland across all sectors, along with information on various elements of local authority housing such as stock, lettings, evictions and housing lists. Latest stock by tenure estimates are also included, although these cover the period up to 31 March 2020 due to the time periods of the available source data.

The publication incorporates figures covering the latest two years since the previous annual housing statistics were last published in September 2019, with the subsequent publications having been delayed due to the impacts of COVID-19 on data provision and staff resourcing. The figures presented for 2020-21 will reflect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting levels of housing supply and various aspects of local authority housing across this period.

The statistics show that:

Background 

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This is an annual publication which brings together newly collected figures from local authorities on council housing stock and housing management, with previously published figures on new housebuilding and affordable housing supply. It also includes figures from other sources, such as housing association stock levels from the Scottish Housing Regulator, with the aim of producing a comprehensive summary of housing statistics in Scotland.

Background information including Excel tables and explanatory information on data sources and quality can be found in the Housing Statistics webpages.