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Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2007

Table 5: Characteristics of dwellings by local authority area, 2007

Local Authority

Council Tax band of dwelling1

Dwelling type

Number of rooms per dwelling2

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

63%

25%

12%

100%

38%

21%

20%

20%

1%

100%

43%

50%

6%

1%

100%

4

0.31

Aberdeen City

62%

24%

14%

100%

54%

18%

17%

11%

0%

100%

55%

39%

6%

0%

100%

3

5.87

Aberdeenshire

47%

33%

20%

100%

13%

12%

30%

45%

0%

100%

29%

56%

16%

0%

100%

4

0.17

Angus

65%

27%

8%

100%

26%

22%

20%

32%

0%

100%

43%

48%

8%

0%

100%

4

0.24

Argyll & Bute

58%

28%

14%

100%

32%

15%

19%

33%

1%

100%

34%

52%

11%

3%

100%

4

0.07

Clackmannanshire

66%

23%

11%

100%

27%

26%

24%

22%

1%

100%

49%

47%

3%

1%

100%

4

1.46

Dumfries & Galloway3

64%

27%

9%

100%

15%

27%

25%

33%

0%

100%

37%

62%

*

1%

100%

4

0.11

Dundee City

76%

20%

4%

100%

54%

17%

18%

10%

0%

100%

58%

38%

4%

0%

100%

3

12.16

East Ayrshire

73%

21%

6%

100%

26%

27%

29%

18%

0%

100%

37%

59%

4%

0%

100%

4

0.44

East Dunbartonshire

30%

41%

29%

100%

20%

16%

34%

30%

0%

100%

27%

64%

7%

1%

100%

4

2.50

East Lothian

57%

25%

19%

100%

28%

27%

24%

21%

0%

100%

38%

55%

8%

0%

100%

4

0.63

East Renfrewshire

28%

38%

33%

100%

25%

17%

30%

28%

0%

100%

29%

62%

9%

0%

100%

4

2.10

Edinburgh, City of

49%

31%

20%

100%

67%

12%

11%

10%

0%

100%

49%

45%

6%

0%

100%

4

8.63

Eilean Siar

81%

18%

1%

100%

5%

10%

15%

64%

7%

100%

25%

62%

4%

8%

100%

4

0.05

Falkirk

68%

23%

9%

100%

31%

25%

24%

19%

1%

100%

48%

49%

3%

1%

100%

4

2.34

Fife

66%

24%

10%

100%

28%

29%

21%

22%

1%

100%

45%

50%

4%

1%

100%

4

1.25

Glasgow City

72%

22%

6%

100%

74%

11%

11%

3%

1%

100%

57%

38%

2%

3%

100%

3

16.82

Highland

59%

30%

11%

100%

12%

19%

24%

41%

4%

100%

33%

55%

7%

5%

100%

4

0.04

Inverclyde

76%

16%

8%

100%

54%

18%

17%

11%

0%

100%

44%

52%

4%

0%

100%

4

2.41

Midlothian

66%

23%

11%

100%

22%

33%

26%

19%

0%

100%

32%

63%

5%

0%

100%

4

0.97

Moray

68%

26%

6%

100%

13%

20%

31%

36%

0%

100%

31%

57%

12%

0%

100%

4

0.18

North Ayrshire

71%

22%

7%

100%

28%

31%

21%

19%

0%

100%

35%

61%

4%

1%

100%

4

0.74

North Lanarkshire

75%

20%

6%

100%

34%

31%

20%

14%

0%

100%

39%

57%

4%

0%

100%

4

3.09

Orkney Islands

73%

25%

2%

100%

7%

10%

21%

62%

0%

100%

40%

55%

4%

0%

100%

4

0.10

Perth & Kinross

52%

30%

18%

100%

26%

15%

21%

37%

0%

100%

40%

49%

11%

0%

100%

4

0.13

Renfrewshire

65%

25%

11%

100%

44%

22%

19%

14%

0%

100%

46%

51%

3%

0%

100%

4

3.14

Scottish Borders

65%

21%

15%

100%

29%

22%

21%

27%

1%

100%

44%

48%

7%

1%

100%

4

0.12

Shetland Islands4

72%

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%

19%

0%

100%

37%

57%

6%

0%

100%

4

0.79

Stirling

49%

26%

26%

100%

28%

19%

23%

30%

1%

100%

40%

51%

8%

1%

100%

4

0.18

West Dunbartonshire

74%

21%

5%

100%

53%

20%

19%

8%

0%

100%

52%

45%

1%

2%

100%

3

2.76

West Lothian

69%

21%

10%

100%

22%

34%

21%

23%

0%

100%

31%

63%

6%

0%

100%

4

1.71

 

* 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. The term 'room' is defined as the number of habitable rooms (usually bedrooms and living rooms).
3. For Dumfries and Galloway, no separate information is available on dwellings with more than 6 rooms.
4. No information is available on the number of rooms in a dwelling in Shetland Islands.

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