Table 4: Characteristics of dwellings by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation decile, 2011
| Most deprived | Least deprived | Scotland | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Council Tax band of dwelling1 | Bands A-C | 95% | 91% | 84% | 80% | 70% | 61% | 49% | 37% | 23% | 13% | 62% |
| Bands D-E | 5% | 8% | 13% | 16% | 23% | 29% | 35% | 42% | 50% | 46% | 26% | |
| Bands F-H | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 11% | 15% | 21% | 27% | 41% | 12% | |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Dwelling type | Flats | 68% | 55% | 49% | 41% | 34% | 29% | 24% | 25% | 22% | 29% | 38% |
| Terraced | 19% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 25% | 21% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 10% | 21% | |
| Semi-detached | 11% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 19% | 22% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 26% | 20% | |
| Detached | 1% | 3% | 6% | 12% | 20% | 28% | 34% | 35% | 40% | 36% | 21% | |
| Unknown | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Number of rooms per dwelling2 | 1-3 rooms | 62% | 56% | 53% | 49% | 44% | 38% | 34% | 32% | 26% | 22% | 42% |
| 4-6 rooms | 36% | 42% | 45% | 47% | 50% | 53% | 55% | 56% | 62% | 62% | 50% | |
| 7 or more rooms | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 11% | 15% | 6% | |
| Unknown | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Median number of rooms per dwelling2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| Dwellings per hectare | 15.75 | 7.13 | 1.03 | 0.42 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.34 | 1.13 | 5.61 | 0.32 | |
| Population, by age group3 |
Children | 20% | 19% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Working age | 62% | 62% | 63% | 62% | 63% | 62% | 62% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| Pensionable age | 17% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
Footnotes
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) 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 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation decile (2009). section 3.5 describes the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation in more detail.
Please go to Sources, Methods and Definitions for definitions of the dwelling characteristics listed in the table.