Table 9a: Occupied and vacant dwellings in each Council area, September 2013

Council area	Total number of dwellings	Occupied dwellings1	Vacant dwellings1	Second homes1	Dwellings with a single adult discount	Dwellings with 'occupied exemptions'	Occupied dwellings1	Vacant dwellings1	Second homes1	Dwellings with a single adult discount from Council Tax	Dwellings with 'occupied exemptions' from Council Tax	Number of data zones in the Council area
Footnotes Following new regulations which allow councils to increase the Council Tax on certain types of long-term empty properties, many Council areas have reviewed which properties were classified as being vacant or second homes, which led to changes in their figures between 2012 and 2013. Clackmannanshire cannot separately identify which vacant dwellings are classed as being long-term empty or second homes. Therefore, the total figures for these categories have been included under 'vacant dwellings'. * Information not available. Source: Council tax base return 2013 and 2013 neighbourhood level collection of Council Tax information. Please go to Sources, Methods and Definitions for more information. Please note that figures might not add up to 100% exactly, due to rounding.
Scotland	2,526,870	2,419,667	71,799	35,404	951,180	70,315	95.80%	2.80%	1.40%	37.60%	2.80%	6,505
Aberdeen City	112,713	108,553	1,749	2,411	41,381	6,704	96.30%	1.60%	2.10%	36.70%	5.90%	267
Aberdeenshire	112,867	107,569	4,132	1,166	32,731	1,128	95.30%	3.70%	1.00%	29.00%	1.00%	301
Angus	54,872	52,019	2,045	808	20,011	526	94.80%	3.70%	1.50%	36.50%	1.00%	142
Argyll & Bute	47,336	41,990	2,385	2,961	15,293	1,179	88.70%	5.00%	6.30%	32.30%	2.50%	122
Clackmannanshire2	23,894	23,141	753	*	8,848	340	96.80%	3.20%	*	37.00%	1.40%	64
Dumfries & Galloway	73,555	69,357	2,420	1,778	25,161	786	94.30%	3.30%	2.40%	34.20%	1.10%	193
Dundee City	73,560	70,277	2,278	1,005	32,112	5,426	95.50%	3.10%	1.40%	43.70%	7.40%	179
East Ayrshire	57,172	55,532	1,482	158	21,967	551	97.10%	2.60%	0.30%	38.40%	1.00%	154
East Dunbartonshire	44,864	44,099	563	202	14,386	429	98.30%	1.30%	0.50%	32.10%	1.00%	127
East Lothian	45,613	44,169	903	541	15,002	652	96.80%	2.00%	1.20%	32.90%	1.40%	120
East Renfrewshire	37,639	37,040	418	181	11,698	516	98.40%	1.10%	0.50%	31.10%	1.40%	120
Edinburgh, City of	237,524	228,545	4,669	4,310	93,039	16,246	96.20%	2.00%	1.80%	39.20%	6.80%	549
Eilean Siar	14,490	12,894	688	908	4,840	66	89.00%	4.70%	6.30%	33.40%	0.50%	36
Falkirk	72,128	70,053	1,526	549	27,104	692	97.10%	2.10%	0.80%	37.60%	1.00%	197
Fife	171,560	162,939	4,520	4,101	63,649	3,080	95.00%	2.60%	2.40%	37.10%	1.80%	453
Glasgow City	301,633	289,762	10,966	905	140,749	17,650	96.10%	3.60%	0.30%	46.70%	5.90%	694
Highland	113,703	106,014	3,262	4,427	37,424	1,306	93.20%	2.90%	3.90%	32.90%	1.10%	292
Inverclyde	38,791	36,778	1,816	197	15,476	529	94.80%	4.70%	0.50%	39.90%	1.40%	110
Midlothian	37,503	36,612	857	34	12,388	584	97.60%	2.30%	0.10%	33.00%	1.60%	112
Moray	43,495	40,881	1,996	618	14,437	1,533	94.00%	4.60%	1.40%	33.20%	3.50%	116
North Ayrshire	67,082	63,107	2,482	1,493	26,388	702	94.10%	3.70%	2.20%	39.30%	1.00%	179
North Lanarkshire	150,541	147,950	2,546	45	55,712	1,369	98.30%	1.70%	0.00%	37.00%	0.90%	418
Orkney Islands	10,717	9,606	608	503	3,411	96	89.60%	5.70%	4.70%	31.80%	0.90%	27
Perth & Kinross	69,923	65,860	2,078	1,985	24,253	836	94.20%	3.00%	2.80%	34.70%	1.20%	175
Renfrewshire	83,933	80,855	2,693	385	35,296	1,812	96.30%	3.20%	0.50%	42.10%	2.20%	214
Scottish Borders	57,097	53,122	2,826	1,149	20,054	567	93.00%	4.90%	2.00%	35.10%	1.00%	130
Shetland Islands	10,852	10,229	470	153	3,504	106	94.30%	4.30%	1.40%	32.30%	1.00%	30
South Ayrshire	54,385	52,598	1,318	469	19,857	659	96.70%	2.40%	0.90%	36.50%	1.20%	147
South Lanarkshire	146,110	142,377	3,244	489	57,497	1,648	97.40%	2.20%	0.30%	39.40%	1.10%	398
Stirling	399,65	38,350	1,091	524	13,401	1,430	96.00%	2.70%	1.30%	33.50%	3.60%	110
West Dunbartonshire	44,880	42,953	1,597	330	17,439	395	95.70%	3.60%	0.70%	38.90%	0.90%	118
West Lothian	76,473	74,436	1,418	619	26,672	772	97.30%	1.90%	0.80%	34.90%	1.00%	211

Table 9b: Vacant dwellings and second homes in each Council area, September 2012 and 2013

Council area	Vacant dwellings1		Second homes1		Vacant dwellings and second homes (combined)1		Vacant dwellings and second homes (combined) Change 2012-20131
	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013	Number	%
Footnotes Following new regulations which allow councils to increase the Council Tax on certain types of long-term empty properties, many Council areas have reviewed which properties were classified as being vacant or second homes, which led to changes in their figures between 2012 and 2013. Clackmannanshire cannot separately identify which vacant dwellings are classed as being long-term empty or second homes. Therefore, the total figures for these categories have been included under 'vacant dwellings'. Renfrewshire were able to separate figures from these two categories in 2013.. * Information not available. Source: Council tax base returns and neighbourhood level collection of Council Tax information, for 2012 and 2013. Please go to Sources, Methods and Definitions for more information. Please note that figures might not add up to 100% exactly, due to rounding.
Scotland	72,725	71,799	38,249	35,404	110,974	107,203	-3,771	-3.4%
Aberdeen City	2,304	1,749	2,496	2,411	4,800	4,160	-640	-13.3%
Aberdeenshire	4,055	4,132	1,279	1,166	5,334	5,298	-36	-0.7%
Angus	2,071	2,045	751	808	2,822	2,853	31	1.1%
Argyll & Bute	1,719	2,385	3,915	2,961	5,634	5,346	-288	-5.1%
Clackmannanshire2	726	753	*	*	726	753	27	3.7%
Dumfries & Galloway	2,393	2,420	1,796	1,778	4,189	4,198	9	0.2%
Dundee City	2,815	2,278	1,004	1,005	3,819	3,283	-536	-14.0%
East Ayrshire	1,542	1,482	176	158	1,718	1,640	-78	-4.5%
East Dunbartonshire	580	563	211	202	791	765	-26	-3.3%
East Lothian	873	903	532	541	1,405	1,444	39	2.8%
East Renfrewshire	433	418	181	181	614	599	-15	-2.4%
Edinburgh, City of	4,300	4,669	5,802	4,310	10,102	8,979	-1,123	-11.1%
Eilean Siar	858	688	886	908	1,744	1,596	-148	-8.5%
Falkirk	1,224	1,526	638	549	1,862	2,075	213	11.4%
Fife	4,220	4,520	3,958	4,101	8,178	8,621	443	5.4%
Glasgow City	11,006	10,966	1,528	905	12,534	11,871	-663	-5.3%
Highland	3,465	3,262	4,520	4,427	7,985	7,689	-296	-3.7%
Inverclyde	2,589	1,816	279	197	2,868	2,013	-855	-29.8%
Midlothian	878	857	38	34	916	891	-25	-2.7%
Moray	2,019	1,996	584	618	2,603	2,614	11	0.4%
North Ayrshire	2,375	2,482	1,514	1,493	3,889	3,975	86	2.2%
North Lanarkshire	2,102	2,546	327	45	2,429	2,591	162	6.7%
Orkney Islands	588	608	496	503	1,084	1,111	27	2.5%
Perth & Kinross	2,154	2,078	2,056	1,985	4,210	4,063	-147	-3.5%
Renfrewshire2	3,371	2,693	*	385	3,371	3,078	-293	-8.7%
Scottish Borders	2,897	2,826	1,032	1,149	3,929	3,975	46	1.2%
Shetland Islands	480	470	138	153	618	623	5	0.8%
South Ayrshire	1,293	1,318	452	469	1,745	1,787	42	2.4%
South Lanarkshire	3,322	3,244	470	489	3,792	3,733	-59	-1.6%
Stirling	1,247	1,091	369	524	1,616	1,615	-1	-0.1%
West Dunbartonshire	1,528	1,597	296	330	1,824	1,927	103	5.6%
West Lothian	1,298	1,418	525	619	1,823	2,037	214	11.7%