| SDP area | National Park | Scotland | |||||
| Glasgow and the Clyde Valley | Aberdeen City and Shire | SESplan1 | TAYplan2 | Cairngorms | LLTNP3 | ||
| Total number of dwellings | 844,904 | 220,818 | 585,633 | 233,297 | 9,397 | 6,974 | 2,515,042 |
| % Occupied dwellings | 96.7% | 95.6% | 96.1% | 93.8% | 83.4% | 89.5% | 95.6% |
| % Vacant dwellings4 | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 3.4% | 2.9% |
| % Second homes4 | 0.4% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 12.5% | 7.1% | 1.5% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| % Dwellings with a single adult discount5 from Council Tax | 40.9% | 33.9% | 37.5% | 37.3% | 29.2% | 28.0% | 37.7% |
| % Dwellings with 'occupied exemptions' from Council Tax | 2.6% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 2.7% |
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) Angus reviewed its policy on council tax discounts for long-term empty properties in 2012. Therefore, some properties that had been classified previously as long-term empty are now classified as second homes. Also in 2012, East Ayrshire reviewed its second homes properties. As a result, some of these properties were re-classified as long-term empty.
5) Dundee reviewed its entitlements to single adult discounts in 2012, which resulted in several hundred cases being cancelled.
Source: Council tax base return 2012 and 2012 neighbourhood level collection of Council Tax information.
Please go to Sources, Methods and Definitions for further information.
Section 3.6 describes the areas covered by each SDP area and National Park.