Statistical Bulletin: Housing Series: HSG/2005/6: Operation of the Homeless Persons legislation in Scotland: national and local authority analyses 2004-05

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Table 12
Households assessed as homeless/in priority need by local authority: 2004-05

All

Homeless

Priority homeless

Number

% of all households

Number

% of households assessed as homeless

Scotland

52,670

38,609

73

29,032

75

Aberdeen City

1,739

735

42

528

72

Aberdeenshire

1,178

764

65

558

73

Angus

1,344

860

64

694

81

Argyll & Bute

788

502

64

284

57

Clackmannanshire

1,049

565

54

429

76

Dumfries & Galloway

1,526

1,063

70

792

75

Dundee City

1,069

397

37

354

89

East Ayrshire

1,062

827

78

560

68

East Dunbartonshire

513

338

66

244

72

East Lothian

743

421

57

253

60

East Renfrewshire

348

258

74

198

77

Edinburgh, City of

4,932

4,584

93

3,313

72

Eilean Siar

218

162

74

101

62

Falkirk

1,500

1,042

69

782

75

Fife

3,759

2,687

71

1,709

64

Glasgow City

10,085

9,031

90

7,788

86

Highland

2,057

1,570

76

851

54

Inverclyde

777

420

54

317

75

Midlothian

518

472

91

365

77

Moray

889

531

60

285

54

North Ayrshire

1,597

1,052

66

824

78

North Lanarkshire

3,714

2,795

75

2,267

81

Orkney

192

88

46

70

80

Perth & Kinross

1,267

859

68

631

73

Renfrewshire

1,551

733

47

589

80

Scottish Borders, The

763

475

62

316

67

Shetland

144

72

50

64

89

South Ayrshire

968

543

56

379

70

South Lanarkshire

2,175

1,471

68

1,044

71

Stirling

938

546

58

314

58

West Dunbartonshire

1,403

1,113

79

944

85

West Lothian

1,864

1,633

88

1,185

73

Notes: Percentages are based on all households assessed in period, including lost contact/ withdrawal/resolved. In the case of repeat applications, the most recent assessment was selected. There is therefore no double counting within household.

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