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Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2009

Table 10: Occupied and vacant dwellings in each Strategic Development Plan (SDP) area and National Park, September 2009

SDP area

National Park

Scotland

Glasgow and the Clyde Valley

Aberdeen City and Shire

SESplan

TAYplan

Cairngorms

LLTNP1

Total number of dwellings

836,394

216,709

575,747

230,528

9,252

6,930

2,476,157

% Occupied dwellings

97%

96%

96%

94%

84%

90%

96%

% Vacant dwellings

2.8%

2.5%

2.5%

4.1%

3.7%

3.0%

2.9%

% Second homes

0.4%

1.4%

1.4%

2.3%

12.8%

7.4%

1.4%

% Dwellings with a single adult discount

41%

35%

37%

37%

30%

28%

38%

% Dwellings with 'occupied exemptions'

2.4%

3.8%

3.2%

3.4%

0.4%

0.7%

2.6%

 

1. LLTNP is Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

The Sources, Methods and Definitions section of the main publication contains definitions of each of the household characteristics listed in the table. It also describes the areas covered by each SDP area and National Park.

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