Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2009

Table 2: Number of dwellings in Scotland by local authority area, September 2001-2009

Local authority	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Change 2008-2009		Change 2004-2009
Local authority	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Number	%	Number	%
Scotland	2,320,642	2,338,324	2,356,176	2,376,915	2,396,782	2,416,071	2,440,596	2,460,883	2,476,157	15,274	*0.6%*	99,242	*4.2%*
Aberdeen City	105,030	105,675	106,280	106,754	107,670	108,618	109,425	110,084	110,565	481	0.4%	3,811	3.6%
Aberdeenshire	97,014	98,380	99,654	101,357	102,864	104,226	105,503	106,850	108,051	1,201	1.1%	6,694	6.6%
Angus	50,313	50,607	51,051	51,550	51,989	52,346	52,870	53,402	53,807	405	0.8%	2,257	4.4%
Argyll & Bute	44,556	44,857	45,123	45,246	45,512	45,794	45,932	46,306	46,446	140	0.3%	1,200	2.7%
Clackmannanshire	21,252	21,534	21,682	22,076	22,443	22,770	23,132	23,374	23,549	175	0.7%	1,473	6.7%
Dumfries & Galloway	67,607	67,967	68,497	69,242	69,880	70,501	71,115	71,778	72,106	328	0.5%	2,864	4.1%
Dundee City	71,740	72,109	72,297	72,210	71,790	72,165	72,736	73,068	73,696	628	0.9%	1,486	2.1%
East Ayrshire	52,983	53,312	53,499	53,677	53,842	54,231	54,848	55,717	56,121	404	0.7%	2,444	4.6%
East Dunbartonshire	42,910	42,906	42,968	43,140	43,405	43,521	43,723	43,990	44,154	164	0.4%	1,014	2.4%
East Lothian	39,712	40,105	40,561	40,957	41,441	42,145	42,949	43,749	44,175	426	1.0%	3,218	7.9%
East Renfrewshire	36,039	36,346	36,445	36,671	36,728	36,781	36,659	36,751	36,890	139	0.4%	219	0.6%
Edinburgh, City of	216,594	218,285	219,239	221,536	223,693	226,247	228,523	230,051	231,903	1,852	0.8%	10,367	4.7%
Eilean Siar	13,462	13,522	13,630	13,682	13,676	13,759	13,893	14,006	14,101	95	0.7%	419	3.1%
Falkirk	64,625	65,433	66,478	67,444	68,295	68,911	69,543	70,040	70,533	493	0.7%	3,089	4.6%
Fife	157,349	158,711	160,268	161,694	163,313	164,592	166,085	167,661	168,677	1,016	0.6%	6,983	4.3%
Glasgow City	288,462	289,157	290,740	293,075	294,819	295,295	298,831	299,941	299,915	-26	0.0%	6,840	2.3%
Highland¹	98,398	99,712	101,017	102,481	103,940	105,049	106,918	108,438	109,617	1,179	1.1%	7,136	7.0%
Inverclyde	39,204	39,290	39,453	39,659	39,376	39,136	39,174	39,285	39,299	14	0.0%	-360	-0.9%
Midlothian	33,285	33,350	33,500	33,669	33,795	34,144	34,408	34,840	35,605	765	2.2%	1,936	5.8%
Moray	38,861	39,123	39,416	39,774	40,179	40,607	41,172	41,544	41,981	437	1.1%	2,207	5.5%
North Ayrshire²	62,321	62,809	63,195	63,697	64,130	64,609	65,270	65,913	66,204	291	0.4%	2,507	3.9%
North Lanarkshire	136,941	138,343	139,606	140,864	142,679	144,337	145,621	146,740	147,604	864	0.6%	6,740	4.8%
Orkney Isles	9,237	9,354	9,423	9,548	9,642	9,726	9,880	10,039	10,190	151	1.5%	642	6.7%
Perth & Kinross	62,573	63,270	64,139	65,021	65,608	66,252	67,010	67,896	68,349	453	0.7%	3,328	5.1%
Renfrewshire	80,747	80,781	80,580	80,579	80,632	81,020	81,749	82,059	82,663	604	0.7%	2,084	2.6%
Scottish Borders	51,279	51,803	52,327	52,833	53,252	53,912	54,588	55,179	55,666	487	0.9%	2,833	5.4%
Shetland	9,959	10,014	10,052	10,120	10,157	10,219	10,313	10,403	10,522	119	1.1%	402	4.0%
South Ayrshire	50,754	51,237	51,642	52,047	52,391	52,665	53,069	53,209	53,424	215	0.4%	1,377	2.6%
South Lanarkshire	130,836	132,464	133,822	135,488	136,862	138,527	140,112	141,534	142,594	1,060	0.7%	7,106	5.2%
Stirling	36,835	37,167	37,566	37,815	38,198	38,316	38,582	38,984	39,091	107	0.3%	1,276	3.4%
West Dunbartonshire	43,437	43,535	43,694	43,505	43,827	43,880	43,982	44,104	44,262	158	0.4%	757	1.7%
West Lothian	66,327	67,166	68,332	69,504	70,754	71,770	72,981	73,948	74,397	449	0.6%	4,893	7.0%

1. Figures for 2009 were adjusted to exclude 1,240 dwellings which had been transferred from the Council Tax system to the Non-Domestic Rates system in Highland. For 2008 and before, figures for Highland were adjusted to exclude 1,688 dwellings which had been included in error in the past, as they had been transferred from the Council Tax system to the Non-Domestic Rates system. These dwellings were mainly caravans and holiday lets, which were let out for more than 140 days per year, are now classed as businesses rather than dwellings. In previous years, these dwellings were included in these figures as vacant dwellings (which are unoccupied and exempt from paying Council Tax). Figures from 2007 and before have been adjusted by the same amount to provide consistency over time.

2. Figures on dwellings for North Ayrshire Council Tax returns were adjusted 2002 and 2003, following a manual check of Council Tax discounts by the Council in 2004. The revised figures were first produced for the "Estimates of households and dwellings in Scotland, 2007" publication

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