General Register Office for Scotland population estimates and projections, including equivalent projections for Scotland, National Parks and local authority areas, are available from http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population.
General Register Office for Scotland household estimates show annual estimates of the number of households and dwellings in Scotland. They are available at http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/housholds/household-estimates
General Register Office for Scotland household projections, including equivalent projections for Scotland and local authority areas, are available from http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/housholds/household-projections
Scottish Government housing statistics for Scotland are available from http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration.
Scottish Government planning statistics, including statistics on vacant and derelict land, are available from http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Planning.
Household estimates and projections for other parts of the UK are available from the following sources:
You can register with the Scottish Government’s ScotStat website, to receive notification of any statistics published by GROS or the Scottish Government: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/scotstat/Intro.
More information about the planning system in Scotland is available from the Scottish Government’s website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning