Table 5: Characteristics of dwellings by local authority, 2011
| Local Authority | Council Tax band of dwelling1 (% of total dwellings) |
Dwelling type (% of total dwellings) |
Number of rooms per dwelling (% of total dwellings) |
Median number of rooms per dwelling | Dwellings per hectare | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bands A-C | Bands D-E | Bands F-H | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Flats | Terraced | Semi-detached | Detached | Unknown | Total | 1-3 rooms | 4-6 rooms | 7 or more rooms | Unknown | Total | ||||||
| Scotland | 62% | 26% | 12% | 100% | 38% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 1% | 100% | 42% | 50% | 6% | 1% | 100% | 4 | 0.32 |
| Aberdeen City | 61% | 25% | 14% | 100% | 55% | 18% | 17% | 11% | 0% | 100% | 55% | 38% | 6% | 0% | 100% | 3 | 5.98 |
| Aberdeenshire | 45% | 33% | 22% | 100% | 13% | 12% | 30% | 46% | 0% | 100% | 28% | 55% | 17% | 0% | 100% | 5 | 0.18 |
| Angus | 64% | 28% | 8% | 100% | 26% | 22% | 20% | 32% | 0% | 100% | 43% | 48% | 9% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 0.25 |
| Argyll & Bute | 57% | 28% | 15% | 100% | 31% | 14% | 19% | 34% | 1% | 100% | 34% | 53% | 11% | 2% | 100% | 4 | 0.07 |
| Clackmannanshire | 65% | 23% | 11% | 100% | 27% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 0% | 100% | 48% | 48% | 4% | 1% | 100% | 4 | 1.49 |
| Dumfries & Galloway2 | 63% | 27% | 10% | 100% | 15% | 26% | 26% | 33% | 0% | 100% | 37% | 62% | * | 1% | 100% | 4 | 0.11 |
| Dundee City | 74% | 21% | 5% | 100% | 53% | 18% | 18% | 11% | 0% | 100% | 56% | 39% | 5% | 0% | 100% | 3 | 12.25 |
| East Ayrshire | 72% | 22% | 7% | 100% | 25% | 27% | 29% | 19% | 0% | 100% | 37% | 59% | 5% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 0.45 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 29% | 41% | 30% | 100% | 20% | 16% | 34% | 30% | 0% | 100% | 27% | 64% | 8% | 1% | 100% | 4 | 2.53 |
| East Lothian | 55% | 26% | 19% | 100% | 28% | 27% | 23% | 21% | 0% | 100% | 37% | 55% | 8% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 0.66 |
| East Renfrewshire | 28% | 38% | 33% | 100% | 25% | 17% | 30% | 27% | 0% | 100% | 29% | 62% | 9% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 2.14 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 48% | 32% | 20% | 100% | 68% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 100% | 49% | 45% | 6% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 8.88 |
| Eilean Siar | 79% | 19% | 1% | 100% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 64% | 7% | 100% | 25% | 62% | 5% | 8% | 100% | 4 | 0.05 |
| Falkirk | 67% | 23% | 10% | 100% | 31% | 25% | 24% | 20% | 1% | 100% | 47% | 49% | 3% | 1% | 100% | 4 | 2.40 |
| Fife | 65% | 24% | 11% | 100% | 28% | 28% | 21% | 23% | 1% | 100% | 44% | 51% | 4% | 1% | 100% | 4 | 1.28 |
| Glasgow City | 71% | 23% | 6% | 100% | 73% | 12% | 11% | 3% | 0% | 100% | 56% | 38% | 3% | 3% | 100% | 3 | 16.91 |
| Highland | 58% | 31% | 11% | 100% | 13% | 18% | 24% | 41% | 4% | 100% | 32% | 55% | 8% | 5% | 100% | 4 | 0.04 |
| Inverclyde | 75% | 17% | 9% | 100% | 51% | 20% | 18% | 11% | 0% | 100% | 43% | 52% | 5% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 2.43 |
| Midlothian | 64% | 24% | 12% | 100% | 23% | 32% | 25% | 19% | 0% | 100% | 32% | 62% | 6% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 1.03 |
| Moray | 67% | 27% | 6% | 100% | 13% | 20% | 31% | 36% | 0% | 100% | 31% | 56% | 13% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 0.19 |
| North Ayrshire | 70% | 23% | 7% | 100% | 28% | 31% | 21% | 20% | 0% | 100% | 35% | 61% | 4% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 0.76 |
| North Lanarkshire | 73% | 20% | 7% | 100% | 33% | 31% | 20% | 15% | 0% | 100% | 39% | 57% | 4% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 3.16 |
| Orkney Islands | 71% | 26% | 2% | 100% | 7% | 11% | 21% | 61% | 0% | 100% | 40% | 55% | 4% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 0.11 |
| Perth & Kinross | 51% | 31% | 19% | 100% | 26% | 15% | 21% | 37% | 0% | 100% | 40% | 48% | 11% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 0.13 |
| Renfrewshire | 64% | 25% | 11% | 100% | 44% | 22% | 19% | 14% | 0% | 100% | 45% | 51% | 4% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 3.18 |
| Scottish Borders | 64% | 21% | 16% | 100% | 28% | 22% | 21% | 28% | 1% | 100% | 43% | 48% | 7% | 1% | 100% | 4 | 0.12 |
| Shetland Islands3 | 70% | 28% | 3% | 100% | 8% | 8% | 26% | 58% | 0% | 100% | * | * | * | 99% | 100% | * | 0.07 |
| South Ayrshire | 53% | 33% | 14% | 100% | 27% | 23% | 25% | 25% | 0% | 100% | 36% | 56% | 8% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 0.44 |
| South Lanarkshire | 63% | 26% | 11% | 100% | 31% | 28% | 20% | 20% | 0% | 100% | 36% | 57% | 6% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 0.82 |
| Stirling | 47% | 27% | 26% | 100% | 27% | 19% | 22% | 30% | 1% | 100% | 40% | 51% | 9% | 1% | 100% | 4 | 0.18 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 73% | 22% | 5% | 100% | 52% | 20% | 19% | 8% | 0% | 100% | 52% | 44% | 2% | 3% | 100% | 3 | 2.80 |
| West Lothian | 68% | 22% | 10% | 100% | 22% | 34% | 21% | 23% | 0% | 100% | 31% | 63% | 6% | 0% | 100% | 4 | 1.76 |
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) For Dumfries and Galloway, no separate information is available on dwellings with more than 6 rooms.
3) No information is available on the number of rooms for most dwellings in Shetland Islands.
* Information not available
Source: Dwelling characteristics - Dwelling Estimates from the Assessors' Portal. Areas in Hectares - National Records of Scotland (NRS) in-house measure.
Please go to Sources, Methods and Definitions for definitions of the dwelling characteristics listed in the table.