Household Projections for Scotland 2008-based

Table 3: Projected number of households in Scotland, by household type and age group of the head of household, 2008-2033

Household type	Age group	2008	2013	2018	2023	2028	2033	Change 2008-2033		Average annual change ¹
Household type	Age group	2008	2013	2018	2023	2028	2033	Change 2008-2033		2008-2033	2008-2018	2018-2033
1 adult: male	16-19	3,000	3,240	3,340	3,870	4,470	4,840	1,830	61%	73	33	100
	20-24	15,360	16,120	15,750	15,130	16,600	17,720	2,360	15%	95	39	132
	25-29	33,800	40,460	43,490	43,620	42,800	47,560	13,750	41%	550	969	271
	30-34	33,930	43,360	52,000	56,220	56,630	55,760	21,820	64%	873	1,807	250
	35-39	36,000	33,960	42,590	50,480	54,180	54,370	18,380	51%	735	659	785
	40-44	38,000	38,960	36,130	44,570	52,140	55,400	17,400	46%	696	-187	1,284
	45-49	36,350	41,790	41,890	38,110	46,220	53,300	16,950	47%	678	553	761
	50-54	31,810	39,230	44,140	43,490	39,110	46,910	15,100	47%	604	1,233	185
	55-59	28,610	33,030	39,730	43,700	42,270	37,460	8,850	31%	354	1,111	-151
	60-64	26,950	28,710	32,220	37,730	40,560	38,480	11,530	43%	461	528	417
	65-69	20,850	25,050	25,850	28,090	31,910	33,390	12,540	60%	502	500	503
	70-74	21,050	22,700	27,920	29,340	32,380	37,290	16,240	77%	650	688	624
	75-79	18,830	20,410	22,170	27,150	28,350	31,090	12,270	65%	491	335	595
	80-84	13,470	15,140	17,200	19,070	23,580	24,750	11,280	84%	451	372	504
	85-89	8,810	10,140	12,590	15,600	18,290	23,560	14,750	168%	590	378	732
	90+	3,330	4,660	6,290	8,780	12,340	16,180	12,840	385%	514	296	659
	All ages	370,160	416,960	463,300	504,940	541,820	578,060	207,900	56%	8,316	9,314	7,651
1 adult: female	16-19	4,640	5,030	5,220	6,090	7,050	7,660	3,020	65%	121	59	162
	20-24	16,510	18,340	18,800	18,830	21,400	23,560	7,050	43%	282	228	317
	25-29	28,100	34,710	38,250	39,120	39,000	43,920	15,820	56%	633	1,015	378
	30-34	21,430	27,610	33,350	36,290	36,780	36,400	14,970	70%	599	1,193	203
	35-39	19,730	18,680	23,510	27,960	30,130	30,350	10,610	54%	425	377	456
	40-44	22,630	23,250	21,610	26,720	31,350	33,400	10,770	48%	431	-102	786
	45-49	26,370	30,130	30,070	27,270	33,010	38,020	11,660	44%	466	370	530
	50-54	28,550	34,320	37,830	36,650	32,500	38,550	10,000	35%	400	929	48
	55-59	32,060	35,220	40,610	43,060	40,340	34,750	2,700	8%	108	855	-390
	60-64	37,090	35,890	36,770	39,470	39,050	34,200	-2,890	-8%	-116	-32	-172
	65-69	40,460	45,220	43,430	43,940	46,540	45,400	4,940	12%	198	296	132
	70-74	49,140	48,420	54,520	52,520	53,220	56,340	7,200	15%	288	538	121
	75-79	52,910	53,840	54,930	63,210	62,060	64,040	11,130	21%	445	202	607
	80-84	46,180	49,900	54,490	58,130	69,190	69,920	23,740	51%	949	831	1,028
	85-89	31,690	34,830	41,400	49,290	55,660	69,240	37,550	118%	1,502	971	1,856
	90+	13,140	17,340	22,200	29,590	39,810	50,180	37,040	282%	1,482	906	1,865
	All ages	470,630	512,740	557,000	598,160	637,080	675,940	205,300	44%	8,212	8,637	7,929
1 adult, 1+ children	16-19	3,120	3,120	3,030	3,350	3,700	3,870	750	24%	30	-9	56
	20-24	15,270	15,650	14,980	14,150	15,300	16,130	860	6%	34	-29	77
	25-29	24,930	28,630	29,720	28,950	27,710	30,160	5,230	21%	209	479	29
	30-34	28,220	34,570	40,090	42,220	41,690	40,400	12,180	43%	487	1,187	21
	35-39	34,520	32,410	40,360	47,620	51,020	51,200	16,680	48%	667	584	723
	40-44	29,580	30,950	29,230	36,420	43,020	46,160	16,580	56%	663	-35	1,129
	45+	27,240	33,090	36,630	37,560	42,970	49,950	22,710	83%	908	939	888
	All ages	162,880	178,420	194,040	210,280	225,430	237,870	74,980	46%	2,999	3,116	2,922
2+ adults	16-19	7,310	8,080	8,490	10,050	11,760	12,880	5,580	76%	223	119	293
	20-24	40,610	43,510	43,240	42,150	46,970	50,780	10,170	25%	407	263	503
	25-29	50,550	56,080	56,430	53,370	49,730	52,910	2,360	5%	94	588	-235
	30-34	35,020	41,670	47,160	48,560	46,940	44,610	9,600	27%	384	1,215	-170
	35-39	30,870	26,300	30,410	33,660	34,080	32,500	1,630	5%	65	-47	140
	40-44	41,000	34,820	27,500	29,650	30,890	29,660	-11,340	-28%	-454	-1,350	144
	45-49	74,390	70,380	59,310	46,210	48,960	49,970	-24,410	-33%	-977	-1,508	-622
	50-54	108,680	116,660	115,970	102,280	83,280	91,750	-16,930	-16%	-677	729	-1,615
	55-59	118,850	123,070	134,470	135,720	121,520	100,450	-18,400	-15%	-736	1,562	-2,268
	60-64	118,560	117,100	122,780	135,230	137,430	123,800	5,240	4%	209	422	68
	65-69	93,380	109,190	109,660	116,270	129,150	132,170	38,790	42%	1,552	1,628	1,501
	70-74	76,300	79,510	94,840	96,660	103,710	116,310	40,020	52%	1,601	1,854	1,432
	75-79	53,680	57,430	61,610	74,650	77,060	83,670	29,990	56%	1,200	794	1,470
	80-84	29,770	33,230	37,490	41,320	50,860	53,090	23,320	78%	933	772	1,040
	85-89	12,220	13,180	15,430	18,150	20,270	25,000	12,780	105%	511	321	638
	90+	2,970	3,430	3,860	4,550	5,440	6,120	3,140	106%	126	89	150
	All ages	894,150	933,630	968,640	988,480	998,040	1,005,680	111,520	12%	4,461	7,449	2,469
2+ adults, 1+ children	16-19	1,640	1,590	1,500	1,620	1,760	1,810	170	10%	7	-13	20
	20-24	9,360	8,140	6,610	5,290	4,850	4,330	-5,030	-54%	-201	-275	-152
	25-29	25,650	22,700	18,220	13,760	10,250	8,720	-16,930	-66%	-677	-744	-633
	30-34	53,100	52,810	50,050	43,330	35,340	28,420	-24,680	-46%	-987	-305	-1,442
	35-39	93,750	71,920	74,850	74,570	67,970	58,410	-35,340	-38%	-1,413	-1,890	-1,096
	40-44	110,930	96,450	77,100	83,550	86,740	82,450	-28,480	-26%	-1,139	-3,383	356
	45-49	84,330	87,360	79,910	67,060	76,250	83,010	-1,320	-2%	-53	-442	207
	50-54	35,140	39,330	40,570	36,950	30,930	35,010	-130	0%	-5	543	-371
	55+	19,520	18,400	18,130	17,290	15,310	12,810	-6,710	-34%	-269	-140	-354
	All ages	433,420	398,700	366,940	343,430	329,400	314,970	-118,450	-27%	-4,738	-6,648	-3,465
All households	All ages	2,331,250	2,440,440	2,549,930	2,645,300	2,731,760	2,812,520	481,270	21%	19,251	21,868	17,506

1. Average annual change is the result of dividing the absolute change (before rounding) by the number of years referred to.
Household figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

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