Table 7: Average household size, by Council area, 2012 - 2037
Council areaYearOverall change
2012 - 2037
201220172022202720322037
Footnotes:
  1. The average household size is calculated by dividing the private household population by the total number of households for each year. The private household population is available in Table D of the 'Source Data Tables' published with the 2012-based household projections.
Scotland2.182.142.112.082.062.03-0.15-7%
Aberdeen City2.082.052.052.042.011.98-0.10-5%
Aberdeenshire2.392.362.332.322.302.29-0.10-4%
Angus2.202.162.122.092.072.05-0.15-7%
Argyll & Bute2.082.011.971.951.931.91-0.17-8%
Clackmannanshire2.192.152.122.092.062.03-0.16-7%
Dumfries & Galloway2.182.122.082.062.032.00-0.17-8%
Dundee City2.052.022.011.991.971.94-0.12-6%
East Ayrshire2.242.182.142.112.082.05-0.19-8%
East Dunbartonshire2.392.332.282.252.212.17-0.21-9%
East Lothian2.282.262.242.232.222.21-0.07-3%
East Renfrewshire2.412.352.302.262.232.20-0.21-9%
Edinburgh City of2.072.042.011.981.951.91-0.16-8%
Eilean Siar2.132.021.951.891.831.78-0.36-17%
Falkirk2.242.222.192.172.152.12-0.12-5%
Fife2.212.192.172.162.142.12-0.09-4%
Glasgow City2.021.991.971.951.921.88-0.14-7%
Highland2.222.162.122.092.072.04-0.18-8%
Inverclyde2.132.072.021.981.931.89-0.25-12%
Midlothian2.342.302.282.272.262.25-0.09-4%
Moray2.242.172.132.092.072.04-0.20-9%
North Ayrshire2.182.132.092.052.021.99-0.18-8%
North Lanarkshire2.282.232.182.132.092.06-0.22-10%
Orkney Islands2.162.082.042.011.981.94-0.22-10%
Perth & Kinross2.202.182.162.142.142.13-0.06-3%
Renfrewshire2.132.062.021.991.961.93-0.20-9%
Scottish Borders2.142.092.062.032.011.98-0.16-7%
Shetland Islands2.282.212.162.122.092.05-0.23-10%
South Ayrshire2.162.112.082.052.021.99-0.17-8%
South Lanarkshire2.222.172.132.092.072.04-0.18-8%
Stirling2.282.242.202.172.152.13-0.15-7%
West Dunbartonshire2.132.082.042.011.971.93-0.20-9%
West Lothian2.362.322.292.272.252.24-0.12-5%