Table 3: Characteristics of dwellings by urban-rural classification, 2011
Urban-Rural Classification1 | Large urban areas | Other urban areas | Accessible small towns | Remote small towns | Accessible rural areas | Remote rural areas | Scotland | |
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Council Tax band of dwelling2 | Bands A-C | 62% | 67% | 62% | 70% | 46% | 56% | 62% |
Bands D-E | 26% | 23% | 26% | 23% | 31% | 31% | 26% | |
Bands F-H | 12% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 23% | 13% | 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% | 25% | 23% | 45% | 54% | 21% | |
Unknown | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
Number of rooms per dwelling3 | 1-3 rooms | 51% | 42% | 39% | 39% | 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% | 5% | 1% | 7% | 1% | |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
Median number of rooms per dwelling3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
Dwellings per hectare | 10.66 | 4.72 | 1.69 | 1.21 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.32 | |
Population, by age group4 |
Children | 17% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 19% | 17% | 17% |
Working age | 66% | 62% | 60% | 58% | 61% | 58% | 63% | |
Pensionable age | 18% | 20% | 22% | 25% | 21% | 25% | 20% | |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Footnotes
1) This table uses the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2009-2010.
2) Each dwelling is placed in one of eight Council Tax bands (A to H), with dwellings in band H being the most expensive.
3) No information is available on the number of rooms in a dwelling for most dwellings in Shetland Islands.
4) Children includes all those aged 0-15. Working age includes males aged 16-64 and females aged 16 to approximately 60.14 (to take into account changes being made to state pension age). Pensionable age includes all those eligible for a state pension i.e. males aged 65 and over and females aged approximately 60.15 and over.
Source: Dwelling characteristics - Dwelling Estimates from the Assessors' Portal. Areas in Hectares - National Records of Scotland (NRS) in-house measure. Population - NRS 2010 small area population estimates by Urban Rural Classification.
Please go to Sources, Methods and Definitions for definitions of the dwelling characteristics listed in the table.