The Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics website contains the information included in this publication at data zone level - the number of dwellings by Council Tax band, type of dwelling, number of rooms per dwelling, density of housing and the percentage of dwellings which are occupied, vacant, second homes, entitled to a ‘single adult’ Council Tax discount, or an ‘occupied exemption’.
The SNS website, www.sns.gov.uk, allows users to view data or maps for individual areas, or to download all the data in order to analyse it further. It also contains a range of other data at the same level, such as population, levels of deprivation, health, education, crime, benefits and tax credits, environment and house prices.
GROS household projections show forward projections of the number of households in Scotland and each local authority area, for a 25 year period, broken down by household type and age group. They are available from the GROS website at http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/households.
GROS population estimates and projections are available from http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population.
Section 4.6 contains details of GROS population and household projections for Strategic Development Plan (SDP) areas. Section 4.7 contains details of GROS population and household projections for Scotland’s National Parks.
The Scottish Government produces housing statistics for Scotland, including the number of new houses built each year, which are available from http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration.
Scottish Government planning statistics, which include statistics on vacant and derelict land, are available from http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Planning.
The Scottish Government’s Centre for Housing Market Analysis (CHMA) was formed in summer 2008. The key remit of the CHMA is to provide government support to local authorities and other key stakeholders, to aid the strategic planning of housing in Scotland. The CHMA produces two relevant statistical bulletins which contain relevant background statistics which can be used in conjunction with GROS estimates of households and dwellings.
Local government finance statistics are available from the Scottish Government website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Local-Government-Finance/Publications. This includes the ‘Ctaxbase’ form which is used as the basis for some of the statistics included in this publication.
Household estimates and projections for other parts of the UK are available from the following sources:
You can register with the Scottish Government’s ScotStat website, to receive notification of forthcoming household estimates and projections publications, or a range of other statistics on Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/scotstat/Intro.