Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2011

Table 2: Number of dwellings in Scotland by local authority, September 2001-2011

Local authority	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Change 2010-2011		Change 2001-2011
Local authority	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Number	%	Number	%
Scotland¹	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	2,488,496	2,500,849	12,353	0.5%	180,207	7.8%
Aberdeen City	105,030	105,675	106,280	106,754	107,670	108,618	109,425	110,084	110,565	110,968	111,419	451	0.4%	6,389	6.1%
Aberdeenshire	97,014	98,380	99,654	101,357	102,864	104,226	105,503	106,850	108,051	109,552	110,649	1,097	1.0%	13,635	14.1%
Angus	50,313	50,607	51,051	51,550	51,989	52,346	52,870	53,402	53,807	54,060	54,372	312	0.6%	4,059	8.1%
Argyll & Bute	44,556	44,857	45,123	45,246	45,512	45,794	45,932	46,306	46,446	46,679	46,896	217	0.5%	2,340	5.3%
Clackmannanshire	21,252	21,534	21,682	22,076	22,443	22,770	23,132	23,374	23,549	23,670	23,720	50	0.2%	2,468	11.6%
Dumfries & Galloway	67,607	67,967	68,497	69,242	69,880	70,501	71,115	71,778	72,106	72,421	72,871	450	0.6%	5,264	7.8%
Dundee City	71,740	72,109	72,297	72,210	71,790	72,165	72,736	73,068	73,696	74,015	73,529	-486	-0.7%	1,789	2.5%
East Ayrshire	52,983	53,312	53,499	53,677	53,842	54,231	54,848	55,717	56,121	56,398	56,614	216	0.4%	3,631	6.9%
East Dunbartonshire	42,910	42,906	42,968	43,140	43,405	43,521	43,723	43,990	44,154	44,184	44,332	148	0.3%	1,422	3.3%
East Lothian	39,712	40,105	40,561	40,957	41,441	42,145	42,949	43,749	44,175	44,544	44,967	423	0.9%	5,255	13.2%
East Renfrewshire	36,039	36,346	36,445	36,671	36,728	36,781	36,659	36,751	36,890	37,063	37,231	168	0.5%	1,192	3.3%
Edinburgh, City of	216,594	218,285	219,239	221,536	223,693	226,247	228,523	230,051	231,903	233,068	234,541	1,473	0.6%	17,947	8.3%
Eilean Siar	13,462	13,522	13,630	13,682	13,676	13,759	13,893	14,006	14,101	14,258	14,396	138	1.0%	934	6.9%
Falkirk	64,625	65,433	66,478	67,444	68,295	68,911	69,543	70,040	70,533	71,010	71,303	293	0.4%	6,678	10.3%
Fife	157,349	158,711	160,268	161,694	163,313	164,592	166,085	167,661	168,677	169,435	170,169	734	0.4%	12,820	8.1%
Glasgow City	288,462	289,157	290,740	293,075	294,819	295,295	298,831	299,941	299,915	299,160	299,881	721	0.2%	11,419	4.0%
Highland²	98,398	99,712	101,017	102,481	103,940	105,049	106,918	108,438	109,617	110,788	111,830	1,042	0.9%	13,432	13.7%
Inverclyde	39,204	39,290	39,453	39,659	39,376	39,136	39,174	39,285	39,299	39,377	39,457	80	0.2%	253	0.6%
Midlothian	33,285	33,350	33,500	33,669	33,795	34,144	34,408	34,840	35,605	35,986	36,434	448	1.2%	3,149	9.5%
Moray	38,861	39,123	39,416	39,774	40,179	40,607	41,172	41,544	41,981	42,241	42,699	458	1.1%	3,838	9.9%
North Ayrshire	62,321	62,809	63,195	63,697	64,130	64,609	65,270	65,913	66,204	66,461	66,648	187	0.3%	4,327	6.9%
North Lanarkshire	136,941	138,343	139,606	140,864	142,679	144,337	145,621	146,740	147,604	148,553	149,190	637	0.4%	12,249	8.9%
Orkney Islands³	9,237	9,354	9,423	9,548	9,642	9,726	9,880	10,039	10,190	10,265	10,438	173	1.7%	1,201	13.0%
Perth & Kinross	62,573	63,270	64,139	65,021	65,608	66,252	67,010	67,896	68,349	68,788	69,236	448	0.7%	6,663	10.6%
Renfrewshire	80,747	80,781	80,580	80,579	80,632	81,020	81,749	82,059	82,663	82,760	82,944	184	0.2%	2,197	2.7%
Scottish Borders	51,279	51,803	52,327	52,833	53,252	53,912	54,588	55,179	55,666	56,129	56,530	401	0.7%	5,251	10.2%
Shetland Islands	9,959	10,014	10,052	10,120	10,157	10,219	10,313	10,403	10,522	10,621	10,707	86	0.8%	748	7.5%
South Ayrshire	50,754	51,237	51,642	52,047	52,391	52,665	53,069	53,209	53,424	53,788	53,968	180	0.3%	3,214	6.3%
South Lanarkshire	130,836	132,464	133,822	135,488	136,862	138,527	140,112	141,534	142,594	143,470	144,386	916	0.6%	13,550	10.4%
Stirling	36,835	37,167	37,566	37,815	38,198	38,316	38,582	38,984	39,091	39,246	39,509	263	0.7%	2,674	7.3%
West Dunbartonshire	43,437	43,535	43,694	43,505	43,827	43,880	43,982	44,104	44,262	44,415	44,586	171	0.4%	1,149	2.6%
West Lothian	66,327	67,166	68,332	69,504	70,754	71,770	72,981	73,948	74,397	75,123	75,397	274	0.4%	9,070	13.7%

Footnotes
1) Revisions or corrections to local authority level figures will have an impact on Scotland level figures for the year affected. Any such revisions or corrections will be flagged with a footnote attached to the local authority's name. Where there has been a revision or correction to more than one local authority's figures in the same year, the impact on the Scotland level figure will be a combination of these changes.
2) Figures for 2011 exclude 4 dwellings which had been transferred from the Council Tax system to the Non-Domestic Rates system in Highland. In 2010 and 2009 432 and 1,240 dwellings respectively were excluded for the same reason. For 2008 and before, 1,688 such dwellings were excluded. The revised figures for Highland for 2007 and earlier years were first published in 'Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2008'. These dwellings were mainly caravans and holiday lets, which were let out for more than 140 days per year, and are now classed as businesses rather than dwellings. Prior to 'Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2008', they were included in these figures as vacant dwellings (which are unoccupied and exempt from paying Council Tax). Figures in this table have been revised accordingly.
3) Figures on dwellings in Orkney were adjusted for 2001 to 2003, following the submission of more accurate data by the local authority in 2004. The revised figures were first produced for the 'Estimates of households and dwellings in Scotland, 2007' publication.
Source: Council Tax Base return. National Records of Scotland (NRS) neighbourhood level collection of Council Tax information.
Please go to Sources, Methods and Definitions for more information.

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