|
Large urban areas |
Other urban areas |
Accessible small towns |
Remote small towns |
Accessible rural areas |
Remote rural areas |
Scotland |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Council Tax band of dwelling1 |
Bands A-C |
63% |
67% |
63% |
69% |
47% |
56% |
62% |
|
Bands D-E |
26% |
23% |
26% |
23% |
31% |
30% |
26% |
|
|
Bands F-H |
12% |
9% |
12% |
7% |
22% |
14% |
12% |
|
|
Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
|
|
Dwelling type |
Flats |
59% |
32% |
24% |
26% |
11% |
8% |
38% |
|
Terraced |
16% |
28% |
26% |
24% |
19% |
13% |
21% |
|
|
Semi-detached |
15% |
21% |
25% |
25% |
25% |
23% |
20% |
|
|
Detached |
9% |
18% |
24% |
24% |
45% |
54% |
21% |
|
|
Unknown |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
|
|
Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
|
|
Number of rooms per dwelling2 |
1-3 rooms |
51% |
42% |
39% |
38% |
28% |
26% |
42% |
|
4-6 rooms |
44% |
54% |
55% |
50% |
58% |
56% |
50% |
|
|
7 or more rooms |
4% |
4% |
6% |
6% |
13% |
10% |
6% |
|
|
Unknown |
1% |
0% |
1% |
6% |
1% |
7% |
1% |
|
|
Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
|
|
Median number of rooms per dwelling2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Dwellings per hectare |
10.71 |
4.94 |
1.75 |
1.15 |
0.14 |
0.03 |
0.32 |
|
|
Population, by age group3 |
0-15 (children) |
17% |
18% |
19% |
18% |
19% |
17% |
18% |
|
16-59/64 (working age) |
65% |
62% |
61% |
58% |
61% |
59% |
63% |
|
|
60/65+ (pensionable age) |
18% |
20% |
21% |
24% |
20% |
24% |
20% |
|
|
Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
|
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. No information is available on the number of rooms in a dwelling for most dwellings in Shetland Islands.
3. Working age includes males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59, pensionable age includes males aged 65+ and females aged 60+.
Source: GROS 2008 mid-year population estimates by Urban Rural Classification
The Sources, Methods and Definitions section of the main publication contains definitions of the dwelling types listed in the table. It also contains information on the Scottish Government's Urban-rural classification