Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarter Ending 30 June 2003

Key indicators: 1993 to 2003

Table 1

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Revised population estimates at 30 June (000s)	5,092	5,102	5,103	5,092	5,083	5,077	5,072	5,063	5,064	5,055	..
Household estimates at 30 June (000s)	2,085	2,102	2,119	2,136	2,153	2,170	2,186	2,203	..	..	..
Number of households on Census night 29 April 2001									2,192
Estimated stock of dwellings at 31 December (000s) ¹	2,193	2,210	2,230	2,248	2,267	2,285	2,305	2,325	2,345	..	..
% owner occupied	55	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	..	..
% rented from public authorities	34	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	23	..	..
Total new dwellings completed	21,221	21,203	24,325	20,950	22,523	20,377	24,397	23,059	23,853	24,077	..
Private sector ²	17,711	17,753	18,310	18,092	17,839	18,327	19,402	18,070	18,009	18,856	..
Housing Associations	2,552	2,789	4,854	2,566	4,507	1,911	4,911	4,894	5,502	5,120	..
Public authorities	958	661	1,161	292	177	139	81	95	72	51	..
Dwellings demolished or closed ³	4,039	3,810	5,837	4,133	4,624	3,635	4,746	5,058	5,188	4,723
Public authority dwellings sold ³	23,499	29,484	27,480	19,196	28,637	22,250	16,633	19,297	17,567	17,984	..
Dwellings allocated by local authorities ^4,5,6	66,939	65,344	63,955	63,113	67,973	65,555	64,612	..	..	53,187	52,285
% new lets	62	62	63	66	65	66	68	..	..	71	72
% new lets under homelessness legislation	24	23	20	21	19	20	21	..	..	17	18
Housing provision for elderly by public
agencies and housing associations ⁷
Very sheltered housing	389	547	671	719	913	1,144	1,389	1,689	1,825	2,023	..
Sheltered housing ⁸	32,267	33,100	33,687	34,976	35,484	36,096	34,752	35,342	34,615	34,127	..
Medium dependency housing	15,767	16,506	19,013	18,535	16,883	17,245	16,751	16,870	16,674	15,842	..
Applicants on the Housing Register on 31 March	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	219,837	226,836	223,687
Number of households (re)housed ⁴
LA dwellings	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	48,999	49,180	49,349
Other dwellings	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,373	3,568	3,576
Houses in Multiple Occupation
Licences in force as at 31 March	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	25	710	1,922

1. 2001 figures are provisional.
2. Includes estimates for outstanding returns for private sector in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
3. Includes estimates for outstanding returns.
4. Figures relate to financial years, for instance 1995-96 in the 1996 column. 1994-95 lettings figures are based on incomplete returns. Includes estimates using 2001-02 figures.
5. Source: Housing Revenue Account return from local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department: Housing 1. This return was discontinued after 1999-00 to be replaced with a new form (LETTINGS) collecting information from 2001-02 onwards.
6. As at 31 March, except for 1996 which is as at 1 April.
7. Figures include sheltered wheelchair, but exclude very sheltered housing.
8. These are the combined waiting and transfer list figures.

Estimated stock of dwellings by tenure: 1991 to 2001

Table 2

	Total number of dwellings (000s)	Owner occupied		Rented
		Owner occupied		Privately, with a job/business		From Housing Associations		From LAs, New Towns Scottish Homes
		Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
December1991	2,160	1,132	52.4	154	7.1	57	2.6	816	37.8
December1992	2,175	1,176	54.1	154	7.1	62	2.9	783	36.0
December1993	2,193	1,217	55.5	154	7.0	67	3.1	755	34.4
December1994	2,210	1,258	56.9	155	7.0	77	3.5	721	32.6
December1995	2,230	1,293	58.0	155	7.0	91	4.1	692	31.0
December1996	2,248	1,327	59.0	154	6.9	99	4.4	668	29.7
December1997	2,267	1,367	60.3	154	6.8	115	5.1	631	27.8
December1998	2,285	1,402	61.4	154	6.7	121	5.3	608	26.6
December1999	2,305	1,436	62.3	155	6.7	131	5.7	584	25.3
December2000	2,325	1,468	63.1	155	6.7	145	6.2	558	24.0
December2001 ¹	2,345	1,506	64.2	156	6.7	148	6.3	535	22.8

Note: Estimates are based on the 1991 Population Census.
1. Provisional.

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