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Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2012

Table 6: Characteristics of dwellings by Strategic Development Plan (SDP) area and National Park, 2012

SDP area National Park Scotland
Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Aberdeen City and Shire SESplan1 TAYplan2 Cairngorms LLTNP3
Council Tax band of dwelling4 Bands A-C 65% 53% 58% 60% 46% 35% 61%
Bands D-E 24% 29% 26% 28% 34% 38% 26%
Bands F-H 10% 18% 15% 12% 20% 27% 12%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Dwelling type Flats 49% 34% 43% 34% 11% 14% 38%
Terraced 20% 15% 23% 19% 13% 13% 21%
Semi-detached 18% 23% 17% 20% 23% 26% 20%
Detached 13% 28% 17% 27% 51% 46% 21%
Unknown 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Number of rooms per dwelling 1-3 rooms 45% 42% 44% 45% 32% 32% 42%
4-6 rooms 49% 47% 51% 46% 53% 55% 50%
7 or more rooms 4% 12% 6% 8% 12% 12% 6%
Unknown 1% 0% 0% 1% 2% 2% 1%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Median number of rooms per dwelling 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Dwellings per hectare 2.55 0.42 0.83 0.28 0.02 0.04 0.32
Population,
by age group5
Children 18% 17% 17% 17% 16% 15% 17%
Working age 64% 64% 64% 61% 58% 59% 63%
Pensionable age 18% 18% 19% 22% 26% 26% 20%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Footnotes

1) SESplan is Edinburgh and South East Scotland strategic development plan area.
2) TAYplan is Dundee, Perth, Angus and north Fife strategic development plan area.
3) LLTNP is Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
4) Each dwelling is placed in one of eight Council Tax bands (A to H), with dwellings in band H being the most expensive.
5) 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.
Source: 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).
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.
Section 3.6 describes the areas covered by each SDP area and National Park.

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