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Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2008

Table 5: Characteristics of dwellings by local authority area, 2008

Local Authority

Council Tax band of dwelling1

Dwelling type

Number of rooms per dwelling

Median number of rooms per dwelling

Dwellings per hectare

(% of total dwellings)

(% of total dwellings)

(% of total dwellings)

Bands A-C

Bands D-E

Bands F-H

Total

Flats

Terraced

Semi-detached

Detached

Unknown

Total

1-3 rooms

4-6 rooms

7 or more rooms

Unknown

Total

Scotland

62%

26%

12%

100%

38%

21%

20%

21%

1%

100%

42%

50%

6%

1%

100%

4

0.32

Aberdeen City

61%

24%

14%

100%

54%

18%

17%

11%

0%

100%

55%

39%

6%

0%

100%

3

5.91

Aberdeenshire

46%

33%

21%

100%

12%

12%

30%

46%

0%

100%

28%

55%

16%

0%

100%

4

0.17

Angus

64%

28%

8%

100%

26%

22%

20%

32%

0%

100%

43%

48%

9%

0%

100%

4

0.25

Argyll & Bute

58%

28%

14%

100%

32%

15%

19%

34%

1%

100%

35%

52%

11%

3%

100%

4

0.07

Clackmannanshire

66%

23%

11%

100%

27%

26%

24%

23%

1%

100%

49%

48%

3%

1%

100%

4

1.48

Dumfries & Galloway2

63%

27%

10%

100%

15%

27%

25%

33%

0%

100%

37%

62%

*

1%

100%

4

0.11

Dundee City

75%

20%

4%

100%

54%

18%

18%

10%

0%

100%

57%

39%

4%

0%

100%

3

12.21

East Ayrshire

73%

21%

6%

100%

26%

27%

29%

19%

0%

100%

37%

59%

4%

0%

100%

4

0.44

East Dunbartonshire

30%

41%

29%

100%

20%

16%

34%

30%

0%

100%

27%

64%

8%

1%

100%

4

2.52

East Lothian

56%

25%

19%

100%

28%

27%

24%

21%

0%

100%

37%

55%

8%

0%

100%

4

0.65

East Renfrewshire

28%

38%

33%

100%

25%

17%

30%

28%

0%

100%

29%

62%

9%

0%

100%

4

2.11

Edinburgh, City of

48%

32%

20%

100%

67%

12%

10%

10%

0%

100%

49%

45%

6%

0%

100%

4

8.72

Eilean Siar

81%

18%

1%

100%

5%

10%

14%

64%

7%

100%

25%

62%

5%

8%

100%

4

0.05

Falkirk

68%

23%

10%

100%

31%

25%

24%

19%

1%

100%

48%

49%

3%

1%

100%

4

2.36

Fife

66%

24%

11%

100%

28%

28%

21%

22%

1%

100%

45%

51%

4%

1%

100%

4

1.27

Glasgow City

72%

22%

6%

100%

74%

11%

11%

3%

1%

100%

57%

38%

3%

3%

100%

3

16.83

Highland

59%

30%

11%

100%

12%

19%

24%

41%

4%

100%

32%

55%

8%

5%

100%

4

0.04

Inverclyde

75%

16%

8%

100%

53%

19%

17%

11%

0%

100%

44%

52%

4%

0%

100%

4

2.41

Midlothian

65%

23%

11%

100%

23%

33%

25%

19%

0%

100%

32%

62%

5%

0%

100%

4

0.99

Moray

68%

26%

6%

100%

13%

20%

31%

36%

0%

100%

31%

57%

12%

0%

100%

4

0.19

North Ayrshire

71%

22%

7%

100%

28%

31%

21%

20%

0%

100%

35%

61%

4%

1%

100%

4

0.75

North Lanarkshire

74%

20%

6%

100%

34%

31%

20%

15%

0%

100%

39%

57%

4%

0%

100%

4

3.11

Orkney Islands

72%

25%

2%

100%

7%

10%

21%

62%

0%

100%

40%

55%

5%

0%

100%

4

0.10

Perth & Kinross

51%

30%

18%

100%

26%

15%

21%

37%

0%

100%

40%

49%

11%

0%

100%

4

0.13

Renfrewshire

64%

25%

11%

100%

44%

22%

19%

14%

0%

100%

45%

51%

3%

0%

100%

4

3.15

Scottish Borders

64%

21%

15%

100%

29%

22%

21%

28%

1%

100%

44%

48%

7%

1%

100%

4

0.12

Shetland Islands3

71%

26%

2%

100%

8%

8%

27%

58%

0%

100%

*

*

*

100%

100%

*

0.07

South Ayrshire

53%

32%

14%

100%

27%

23%

25%

25%

0%

100%

36%

57%

8%

0%

100%

4

0.43

South Lanarkshire

64%

25%

11%

100%

31%

29%

20%

20%

0%

100%

36%

57%

6%

0%

100%

4

0.80

Stirling

48%

26%

26%

100%

28%

19%

22%

30%

1%

100%

40%

51%

8%

1%

100%

4

0.18

West Dunbartonshire

74%

21%

5%

100%

53%

20%

19%

8%

0%

100%

52%

44%

2%

3%

100%

3

2.77

West Lothian

69%

21%

10%

100%

22%

34%

21%

23%

0%

100%

31%

63%

6%

0%

100%

4

1.73

* Information not available
1. Each dwelling is placed in one of eight Council Tax bands (A to H), with dwellings in band H being the most expensive.
2. For Dumfries and Galloway, no separate information is available on dwellings with more than 6 rooms.
3. No information is available on the number of rooms in a dwelling in Shetland Islands.

 

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