Table 3: Characteristics of dwellings by urban/rural classification, 2013

Urban/Rural Classification1		Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural areas	Remote rural areas	Scotland
Footnotes This table uses the Scottish Government Urban/Rural Classification 2011-2012. Each dwelling is placed in one of eight Council Tax bands (A to H), with dwellings in band H being the most expensive. No information is available on the number of rooms in a dwelling for most dwellings in Shetland Islands. Children includes all those aged 0-15. Working age includes males aged 16-64 and females aged 16 to approximately 61 and 237 days (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 61 and 238 days and over. Sources: Dwelling characteristics - Dwelling Estimates from the Assessors' Portal. Areas in hectares - National Records of Scotland (NRS) in-house measure. Population - NRS 2012 Small Area Population Estimates (which uses the 2011 Census results) by Urban/Rural Classification. 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.
Council Tax band of dwelling2	Bands A-C	62%	66%	62%	69%	46%	55%	61%
	Bands D-E	26%	24%	26%	23%	31%	31%	26%
	Bands F-H	12%	10%	12%	7%	23%	14%	13%
	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Dwelling type	Flats	59%	32%	24%	27%	11%	8%	38%
	Terraced	16%	28%	26%	24%	19%	13%	21%
	Semi-detached	15%	21%	25%	24%	25%	23%	20%
	Detached	9%	18%	25%	23%	45%	54%	21%
	Unknown	0%	0%	0%	1%	1%	2%	1%
	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Number of rooms per dwelling3	1-3 rooms	50%	41%	38%	39%	28%	26%	42%
	4-6 rooms	44%	54%	55%	50%	58%	56%	50%
	7 or more rooms	4%	4%	6%	6%	14%	10%	6%
	Unknown	1%	0%	1%	6%	1%	7%	1%
	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Median number of rooms per dwelling3		3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Dwellings per hectare		10.49	4.85	1.76	1.19	0.15	0.03	0.32
Population by age group4	Children	16%	18%	18%	17%	19%	17%	17%
	Working age	66%	62%	60%	58%	61%	58%	63%
	Pensionable age	18%	20%	22%	25%	21%	25%	20%
	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%