Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2009

Table 9: Occupied and vacant dwellings in each local authority area, September 2009

	Total number of dwellings	Occupied dwellings	Vacant dwellings³	Second homes³	Dwellings with a single adult discount	Dwellings with 'occupied exemptions'	Occupied dwellings	Vacant dwellings³	Second homes³	Dwellings with a single adult discount	Dwellings with 'occupied exemptions'	Number of data zones in the LA
Scotland	2,476,157	2,369,918	70,819	35,420	936,957	63,589	96%	2.9%	1.4%	38%	2.6%	6,505
Aberdeen City	110,565	106,327	2,161	2,077	45,078	7,414	96%	2.0%	1.9%	41%	6.7%	267
Aberdeenshire	108,051	103,332	3,420	1,299	31,279	839	96%	3.2%	1.2%	29%	0.8%	301
Angus	53,807	50,943	2,418	446	19,806	527	95%	4.5%	0.8%	37%	1.0%	142
Argyll & Bute	46,446	41,006	1,407	4,033	15,112	1,087	88%	3.0%	8.7%	33%	2.3%	122
Clackmannanshire¹	23,549	23,029	520	0	9,262	295	98%	2.2%	0.0%	39%	1.3%	64
Dumfries & Galloway	72,106	68,189	2,136	1,781	24,668	772	95%	3.0%	2.5%	34%	1.1%	193
Dundee City	73,696	68,712	4,254	730	31,982	4,773	93%	5.8%	1.0%	43%	6.5%	179
East Ayrshire	56,121	54,621	1,210	290	20,893	540	97%	2.2%	0.5%	37%	1.0%	154
East Dunbartonshire	44,154	43,182	783	189	13,709	373	98%	1.8%	0.4%	31%	0.8%	127
East Lothian	44,175	42,684	1,231	260	14,970	623	97%	2.8%	0.6%	34%	1.4%	120
East Renfrewshire	36,890	36,181	395	314	11,659	473	98%	1.1%	0.9%	32%	1.3%	120
Edinburgh, City of	231,903	221,863	5,484	4,556	91,123	14,752	96%	2.4%	2.0%	39%	6.4%	549
Eilean Siar	14,101	12,225	974	902	5,053	69	87%	6.9%	6.4%	36%	0.5%	36
Falkirk	70,533	68,775	1,200	558	25,861	650	98%	1.7%	0.8%	37%	0.9%	197
Fife	168,677	160,489	4,431	3,757	62,728	3,146	95%	2.6%	2.2%	37%	1.9%	453
Glasgow City	299,915	288,064	10,507	1,344	141,715	14,224	96%	3.5%	0.4%	47%	4.7%	694
Highland²	109,617	102,068	2,955	4,594	36,792	1,099	93%	2.7%	4.2%	34%	1.0%	292
Inverclyde	39,299	36,942	2,132	225	16,144	564	94%	5.4%	0.6%	41%	1.4%	110
Midlothian	35,605	34,871	540	194	11,719	545	98%	1.5%	0.5%	33%	1.5%	112
Moray	41,981	39,630	1,801	550	13,606	1,484	94%	4.3%	1.3%	32%	3.5%	116
North Ayrshire	66,204	62,713	1,950	1,541	26,670	697	95%	2.9%	2.3%	40%	1.1%	179
North Lanarkshire	147,604	144,795	2,488	321	52,408	1,039	98%	1.7%	0.2%	36%	0.7%	418
Orkney Islands	10,190	9,281	469	440	3,266	84	91%	4.6%	4.3%	32%	0.8%	27
Perth & Kinross	68,349	64,721	1,769	1,859	22,940	734	95%	2.6%	2.7%	34%	1.1%	175
Renfrewshire¹	82,663	79,756	2,907	0	34,483	1,320	96%	3.5%	0.0%	42%	1.6%	214
Scottish Borders	55,666	52,088	2,566	1,012	19,633	595	94%	4.6%	1.8%	35%	1.1%	130
Shetland Islands	10,522	9,846	530	146	3,474	112	94%	5.0%	1.4%	33%	1.1%	30
South Ayrshire	53,424	51,806	1,123	495	19,770	634	97%	2.1%	0.9%	37%	1.2%	147
South Lanarkshire	142,594	138,720	3,439	435	53,864	1,857	97%	2.4%	0.3%	38%	1.3%	398
Stirling	39,091	37,456	1,160	475	13,123	1,218	96%	3.0%	1.2%	34%	3.1%	110
West Dunbartonshire	44,262	42,885	1,163	214	17,190	356	97%	2.6%	0.5%	39%	0.8%	118
West Lothian	74,397	72,718	1,296	383	26,977	694	98%	1.7%	0.5%	36%	0.9%	211

1. Clackmannanshire and Renfrewshire cannot separately identify vacant dwellings and second homes, as they receive the same Council Tax discount. Therefore, the total figures have been included under 'vacant dwellings'.

2. 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. 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.

3. There can sometimes be variations in the ways that some local authorities classify vacant properties and second homes between different years. This can have a small effect on the percentages of dwellings which are vacant or second homes each year in a local authority area.

The Sources, Methods and Definitions section of the main publication contains definitions of each of the household characteristics listed in the table.

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