Local authority |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Percentage vacant (2006)3 |
Change 2005-2006 |
Change 2001-2006 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
||||||||
Scotland |
104,003 |
106,463 |
106,312 |
104,668 |
101,734 |
101,445 |
4.2% |
-289 |
-0.3% |
-2,558 |
-2.5% |
Aberdeen City |
5,304 |
5,443 |
5,550 |
5,259 |
5,574 |
4,840 |
4.5% |
-734 |
-13.2% |
-464 |
-8.7% |
Aberdeenshire |
5,508 |
5,322 |
5,222 |
4,931 |
4,681 |
4,766 |
4.6% |
85 |
1.8% |
-742 |
-13.5% |
Angus |
2,813 |
2,876 |
2,857 |
2,808 |
2,756 |
2,653 |
5.1% |
-103 |
-3.7% |
-160 |
-5.7% |
Argyll & Bute |
5,955 |
5,960 |
5,402 |
5,442 |
5,042 |
5,085 |
11.1% |
43 |
0.9% |
-870 |
-14.6% |
Clackmannanshire |
671 |
774 |
677 |
735 |
794 |
789 |
3.5% |
-5 |
-0.6% |
118 |
17.6% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
3,753 |
3,693 |
3,384 |
3,484 |
3,331 |
3,757 |
5.3% |
426 |
12.8% |
4 |
0.1% |
Dundee City |
5,631 |
5,507 |
5,671 |
5,163 |
4,822 |
5,159 |
7.1% |
337 |
7.0% |
-472 |
-8.4% |
East Ayrshire |
1,437 |
1,571 |
1,390 |
1,267 |
1,286 |
1,161 |
2.1% |
-125 |
-9.7% |
-276 |
-19.2% |
East Dunbartonshire |
410 |
445 |
475 |
482 |
547 |
437 |
1.0% |
-110 |
-20.1% |
27 |
6.6% |
East Lothian |
1,220 |
1,175 |
1,342 |
1,323 |
1,419 |
1,386 |
3.3% |
-33 |
-2.3% |
166 |
13.6% |
East Renfrewshire |
636 |
846 |
763 |
907 |
883 |
931 |
2.5% |
48 |
5.4% |
295 |
46.4% |
Edinburgh, City of |
8,596 |
9,020 |
8,803 |
9,465 |
8,734 |
9,633 |
4.3% |
899 |
10.3% |
1,037 |
12.1% |
Eilean Siar |
1,865 |
2,014 |
2,002 |
1,985 |
1,866 |
1,838 |
13.4% |
-28 |
-1.5% |
-27 |
-1.4% |
Falkirk |
1,525 |
1,445 |
1,637 |
1,570 |
2,069 |
1,808 |
2.6% |
-261 |
-12.6% |
283 |
18.6% |
Fife |
6,655 |
6,801 |
7,252 |
7,474 |
7,122 |
7,607 |
4.6% |
485 |
6.8% |
952 |
14.3% |
Glasgow City4 |
10,395 |
10,395 |
10,395 |
10,395 |
10,395 |
10,395 |
3.5% |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
Highland |
9,419 |
9,631 |
9,673 |
9,819 |
9,444 |
9,279 |
8.7% |
-165 |
-1.7% |
-140 |
-1.5% |
Inverclyde |
2,111 |
2,447 |
2,561 |
2,612 |
2,368 |
2,120 |
5.4% |
-248 |
-10.5% |
9 |
0.4% |
Midlothian |
487 |
480 |
510 |
534 |
522 |
560 |
1.6% |
38 |
7.3% |
73 |
15.0% |
Moray |
2,367 |
2,241 |
2,278 |
2,116 |
2,021 |
1,933 |
4.8% |
-88 |
-4.4% |
-434 |
-18.3% |
North Ayrshire |
2,674 |
3,675 |
4,695 |
3,056 |
2,897 |
2,875 |
4.4% |
-22 |
-0.8% |
201 |
7.5% |
North Lanarkshire |
3,162 |
2,679 |
2,350 |
2,184 |
2,266 |
2,316 |
1.6% |
50 |
2.2% |
-846 |
-26.8% |
Orkney Isles |
1,368 |
1,406 |
1,406 |
846 |
785 |
810 |
8.3% |
25 |
3.2% |
-558 |
-40.8% |
Perth & Kinross |
4,125 |
4,178 |
4,030 |
4,018 |
3,817 |
3,393 |
5.1% |
-424 |
-11.1% |
-732 |
-17.7% |
Renfrewshire |
4,410 |
3,672 |
2,891 |
3,281 |
2,909 |
2,733 |
3.4% |
-176 |
-6.1% |
-1,677 |
-38.0% |
Scottish Borders |
3,402 |
3,344 |
3,350 |
3,285 |
3,263 |
3,408 |
6.3% |
145 |
4.4% |
6 |
0.2% |
Shetland |
839 |
884 |
844 |
837 |
768 |
773 |
7.6% |
5 |
0.7% |
-66 |
-7.9% |
South Ayrshire |
1,449 |
1,641 |
1,570 |
1,645 |
1,534 |
1,679 |
3.2% |
145 |
9.5% |
230 |
15.9% |
South Lanarkshire |
1,997 |
2,703 |
3,247 |
3,605 |
3,500 |
3,147 |
2.3% |
-353 |
-10.1% |
1,150 |
57.6% |
Stirling |
1,680 |
1,601 |
1,486 |
1,608 |
1,648 |
1,594 |
4.2% |
-54 |
-3.3% |
-86 |
-5.1% |
West Dunbartonshire |
1,182 |
1,605 |
1,675 |
1,596 |
1,508 |
1,304 |
3.0% |
-204 |
-13.5% |
122 |
10.3% |
West Lothian |
957 |
989 |
924 |
936 |
1,163 |
1,276 |
1.8% |
113 |
9.7% |
319 |
33.3% |
1. Figures include:
- Unoccupied dwellings that are exempt from Council Tax
- Dwellings subject to second home or long-term empty property discount (including holiday homes and self-catering accommodation available to let for less than 140 days per year)
Not all councils can produce separate figures for second homes and empty dwellings, so the figures are combined here.
- Dwellings occupied entirely by adults who are 'disregarded' for the purpose of paying Council Tax, such as adults who are severely mentally impaired.
2. The figures recorded here may fluctuate for two main reasons:
- Self-catering holiday accommodation available to let for less than 140 days per year will be included here. If it is let for more than this, it will be included on the non-domestic rates valuation roll instead.
- There can be delays in the information on Council Tax systems being updated, which are most likely to affect the information on any discounts, such as vacancy status.
This is most likely to lead to fluctuations in areas with high turnover, or high levels of vacancies or second homes.
3. The percentage of dwellings recorded in Table 2.
4. In 2006, Glasgow City Council Financial Services moved to a new software system for Council Tax. This has resulted in a lack of consistency between the figures on the number of dwellings entitled to discounts and exemptions for 2006, and the figures for earlier years. In order to overcome this problem, the number of discounts and exemptions in 2001-2005 were adjusted to be equal to the figures for 2006.
This is in line with other available data, which show little change in the number of vacancies in Glasgow in 2001-2006.