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Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2012

Table 4: Characteristics of dwellings by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation decile, 2012

Most deprived Least deprived
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Scotland
Council Tax band of dwelling1 Bands A-C 95% 92% 86% 79% 71% 60% 48% 37% 22% 12% 61%
Bands D-E 5% 7% 12% 17% 23% 29% 36% 43% 50% 45% 26%
Bands F-H 1% 1% 2% 4% 6% 11% 16% 20% 27% 42% 12%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Dwelling type Flats 68% 55% 48% 42% 35% 31% 22% 25% 22% 29% 38%
Terraced 19% 28% 30% 29% 26% 20% 17% 14% 11% 10% 21%
Semi-detached 11% 14% 16% 18% 20% 21% 23% 25% 27% 25% 20%
Detached 1% 3% 6% 11% 19% 27% 36% 36% 40% 36% 21%
Unknown 0% 0% 0% 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 63% 56% 53% 49% 43% 39% 33% 31% 26% 22% 42%
4-6 rooms 36% 42% 45% 48% 51% 52% 55% 57% 61% 62% 50%
7 or more rooms 0% 1% 1% 2% 4% 6% 9% 10% 12% 16% 6%
Unknown 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 2% 3% 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 15.88 7.55 2.75 0.38 0.16 0.12 0.13 0.29 0.84 5.15 0.32
Population, by age group3 Children 20% 19% 17% 17% 17% 17% 17% 17% 17% 17% 17%
Working age 63% 62% 63% 63% 63% 63% 62% 63% 64% 64% 63%
Pensionable age 17% 19% 20% 20% 20% 20% 21% 20% 19% 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 60.64 (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 60.65 and over.
Sources:
Dwelling characteristics - Dwelling Estimates from the Assessors' Portal. Areas in hectares - National Records of Scotland (NRS) in-house measure.
Population - NRS 2011 Small Area Population Estimates (which uses the 2001 Census results) by SIMD decile (2012). Section 3.5 describes the SIMD in more detail.
Please go to Sources, Methods and Definitions for definitions of the dwelling characteristics listed in the table. Please note that figures might not add up to 100% exactly, due to rounding.

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