Household Estimates for Scotland 2006

Table 4: Occupied dwellings in Scotland by local authority area, September 2001-2006^1-2

Local authority	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Percentage occupied (2006)³	Change 2005-2006		Change 2001-2006
Local authority	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Percentage occupied (2006)³	Number	%	Number	%
Scotland	2,218,841	2,234,083	2,252,103	2,273,935	2,296,736	2,316,314	95.8%	19,578	0.8%	97,473	4.4%
Aberdeen City	99,726	100,232	100,730	101,495	102,096	103,778	95.5%	1,682	1.6%	4,052	4.1%
Aberdeenshire	91,506	93,058	94,432	96,426	98,183	99,460	95.4%	1,277	1.3%	7,954	8.7%
Angus	47,500	47,731	48,194	48,742	49,233	49,693	94.9%	460	0.9%	2,193	4.6%
Argyll & Bute	38,601	38,897	39,721	39,804	40,470	40,709	88.9%	239	0.6%	2,108	5.5%
Clackmannanshire	20,581	20,760	21,005	21,341	21,649	21,981	96.5%	332	1.5%	1,400	6.8%
Dumfries & Galloway	63,854	64,274	65,113	65,758	66,549	66,744	94.7%	195	0.3%	2,890	4.5%
Dundee City	66,109	66,602	66,626	67,047	66,968	67,006	92.9%	38	0.1%	897	1.4%
East Ayrshire	51,546	51,741	52,109	52,410	52,556	53,070	97.9%	514	1.0%	1,524	3.0%
East Dunbartonshire	42,500	42,461	42,493	42,658	42,858	43,084	99.0%	226	0.5%	584	1.4%
East Lothian	38,492	38,930	39,219	39,634	40,022	40,759	96.7%	737	1.8%	2,267	5.9%
East Renfrewshire	35,403	35,500	35,682	35,764	35,845	35,850	97.5%	5	0.0%	447	1.3%
Edinburgh, City of	207,998	209,265	210,436	212,071	214,959	216,614	95.7%	1,655	0.8%	8,616	4.1%
Eilean Siar	11,597	11,508	11,628	11,697	11,810	11,921	86.6%	111	0.9%	324	2.8%
Falkirk	63,100	63,988	64,841	65,874	66,226	67,103	97.4%	877	1.3%	4,003	6.3%
Fife	150,694	151,910	153,016	154,220	156,191	156,985	95.4%	794	0.5%	6,291	4.2%
Glasgow City	278,067	278,762	280,345	282,680	284,424	284,900	96.5%	476	0.2%	6,833	2.5%
Highland	90,667	91,769	93,032	94,350	96,184	97,458	91.3%	1,274	1.3%	6,791	7.5%
Inverclyde	37,093	36,843	36,892	37,047	37,008	37,016	94.6%	8	0.0%	-77	-0.2%
Midlothian	32,798	32,870	32,990	33,135	33,273	33,584	98.4%	311	0.9%	786	2.4%
Moray	36,494	36,882	37,138	37,658	38,158	38,674	95.2%	516	1.3%	2,180	6.0%
North Ayrshire	59,647	59,134	58,500	60,641	61,233	61,734	95.6%	501	0.8%	2,087	3.5%
North Lanarkshire	133,779	135,664	137,256	138,680	140,413	142,021	98.4%	1,608	1.1%	8,242	6.2%
Orkney Isles	8,383	8,482	8,568	8,702	8,857	8,916	91.7%	59	0.7%	533	6.4%
Perth & Kinross	58,448	59,092	60,109	61,003	61,791	62,859	94.9%	1,068	1.7%	4,411	7.5%
Renfrewshire	76,337	77,109	77,689	77,298	77,723	78,287	96.6%	564	0.7%	1,950	2.6%
Scottish Borders	47,877	48,459	48,977	49,548	49,989	50,504	93.7%	515	1.0%	2,627	5.5%
Shetland	9,120	9,130	9,208	9,283	9,389	9,446	92.4%	57	0.6%	326	3.6%
South Ayrshire	49,305	49,596	50,072	50,402	50,857	50,986	96.8%	129	0.3%	1,681	3.4%
South Lanarkshire	128,839	129,761	130,575	131,883	133,362	135,380	97.7%	2,018	1.5%	6,541	5.1%
Stirling	35,155	35,566	36,080	36,207	36,550	36,722	95.8%	172	0.5%	1,567	4.5%
West Dunbartonshire	42,255	41,930	42,019	41,909	42,319	42,576	97.0%	257	0.6%	321	0.8%
West Lothian	65,370	66,177	67,408	68,568	69,591	70,494	98.2%	903	1.3%	5,124	7.8%

1. All dwellings (Table 2), minus the number of vacant dwellings and second homes (Table 3)
2. The number of occupied dwellings is not equivalent to the number of households. These figures are adjusted to produce the household
estimates shown in Table 1. The footnotes to Table 1 summarise the differences between the two sets of figures.
3. The percentage of dwellings recorded in Table 2.

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Household Estimates for Scotland 2006

Table 4: Occupied dwellings in Scotland by local authority area, September 2001-20061-2

Table 4: Occupied dwellings in Scotland by local authority area, September 2001-2006^1-2