Table 5: Characteristics of dwellings by Council area, 2013
Council areaCouncil 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 dwellingDwellings per hectare
Bands A-CBands D-EBands F-HTotalFlatsTerracedSemi-detachedDetachedUnknownTotal1-3 rooms 4-6 rooms7 or more roomsUnknownTotal
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 in-house measure.
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.
Scotland61%26%13%100%38%21%20%21%1%100%42%50%6%1%100%40.32
Aberdeen City61%25%14%100%55%18%17%11%0%100%55%38%6%0%100%36.06
Aberdeenshire45%33%22%100%13%12%29%46%0%100%28%55%17%0%100%50.18
Angus63%28%9%100%26%22%20%32%1%100%42%48%9%1%100%40.25
Argyll & Bute57%28%15%100%32%15%19%34%1%100%35%52%11%2%100%40.07
Clackmannanshire65%24%11%100%27%26%24%23%1%100%48%48%3%1%100%41.50
Dumfries & Galloway262%27%10%100%14%26%26%33%0%100%37%63%*1%100%40.11
Dundee City74%21%5%100%52%18%19%11%0%100%55%40%5%0%100%312.25
East Ayrshire71%22%7%100%25%27%29%19%0%100%37%59%5%0%100%40.45
East Dunbartonshire29%41%30%100%20%15%33%31%0%100%27%63%8%2%100%42.57
East Lothian55%26%19%100%28%27%23%22%0%100%37%55%9%0%100%40.67
East Renfrewshire28%38%34%100%25%17%30%28%0%100%29%62%9%0%100%42.16
Edinburgh, City of48%32%20%100%68%12%10%10%0%100%50%44%6%0%100%49.01
Eilean Siar79%20%1%100%5%10%15%64%7%100%25%62%5%8%100%40.05
Falkirk66%23%10%100%31%24%24%20%1%100%47%49%3%1%100%42.43
Fife64%24%11%100%28%28%21%23%1%100%44%51%4%1%100%41.29
Glasgow City70%23%7%100%73%12%11%3%0%100%56%38%3%3%100%316.96
Highland57%31%11%100%13%18%24%41%4%100%33%54%8%5%100%40.04
Inverclyde74%17%9%100%50%20%18%11%0%100%42%53%5%0%100%42.39
Midlothian63%24%12%100%23%32%25%19%0%100%32%62%6%0%100%41.06
Moray67%27%6%100%14%19%31%36%0%100%31%56%13%0%100%40.19
North Ayrshire70%23%7%100%27%31%21%20%0%100%35%60%4%0%100%40.76
North Lanarkshire73%20%7%100%33%31%20%16%0%100%39%57%4%0%100%43.19
Orkney Islands70%27%3%100%7%11%22%60%0%100%41%55%4%0%100%40.11
Perth & Kinross50%31%19%100%26%15%21%38%0%100%40%48%12%0%100%40.13
Renfrewshire64%25%11%100%44%22%19%14%0%100%46%51%4%0%100%43.22
Scottish Borders63%21%16%100%28%22%21%28%1%100%43%48%8%1%100%40.12
Shetland Islands369%28%3%100%8%8%26%58%0%100%***99%100%*0.08
South Ayrshire53%33%15%100%27%23%25%25%0%100%36%56%8%0%100%40.44
South Lanarkshire63%26%12%100%31%28%20%20%0%100%36%57%7%0%100%40.83
Stirling47%27%27%100%27%19%22%30%1%100%39%51%8%1%100%40.18
West Dunbartonshire73%22%5%100%52%20%19%9%0%100%51%44%2%3%100%32.82
West Lothian68%22%10%100%23%33%21%23%0%100%31%63%6%0%100%41.78