Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: National and Local Authority Analyses 2005-06

Table 8 Households applying by local authority and household type: 2005-06

Table 8a

Number

	Household type								All households
	Single person male	Single person female	Single parent male	Single parent female	Couple without children	Couple with children	Other household without children	Other household with children	All households
Scotland ¹	23,710	11,769	2,258	11,381	2,780	2,923	1,036	954	56,811
Aberdeen City	996	496	29	189	60	69	35	26	1,900
Aberdeenshire	488	316	23	350	95	83	24	14	1,393
Angus ²	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll & Bute	426	203	81	197	59	69	3	4	1,042
Clackmannanshire	373	210	57	248	75	76	20	19	1,078
Dumfries & Galloway	646	349	32	265	104	99	24	16	1,535
Dundee City	645	376	155	433	71	115	30	32	1,857
East Ayrshire	504	230	24	257	57	73	14	13	1,172
East Dunbartonshire	217	107	15	166	20	29	10	8	572
East Lothian	365	262	41	237	64	72	23	24	1,088
East Renfrewshire	134	78	7	73	7	15	17	18	349
Edinburgh, City of	2,127	1,106	169	862	255	178	56	57	4,810
Eilean Siar	105	48	3	39	20	19	2	4	240
Falkirk ²	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fife	1,494	849	183	801	160	218	118	55	3,878
Glasgow City	5,233	1,881	311	1,882	322	369	204	239	10,441
Highland	977	496	40	343	150	142	39	72	2,259
Inverclyde	415	155	60	164	14	19	23	22	872
Midlothian ³	194	95	33	160	23	16	4	17	542
Moray	414	196	31	225	70	113	12	9	1,070
North Ayrshire	718	355	29	269	83	70	12	8	1,544
North Lanarkshire	1,197	710	438	992	149	230	78	87	3,881
Orkney	76	48	4	27	13	16	2	2	188
Perth & Kinross	445	239	91	287	91	80	37	16	1,286
Renfrewshire	631	291	78	305	41	48	15	12	1,421
Scottish Borders, The	377	201	27	148	88	72	30	24	967
Shetland	80	32	9	31	20	13	1	2	188
South Ayrshire	471	203	34	168	48	50	8	10	992
South Lanarkshire	953	410	59	535	132	126	41	41	2,297
Stirling	411	237	18	167	61	48	6	2	950
West Dunbartonshire	926	592	17	412	97	63	25	28	2,160
West Lothian	624	319	43	467	123	130	32	24	1,762

Table 8b

Percentage

	Household type								All households
	Single person male	Single person female	Single parent male	Single parent female	Couple without children	Couple with children	Other household without children	Other household with children	All households
Scotland ¹	42	21	4	20	5	5	2	2	*100*
Aberdeen City	52	26	2	10	3	4	2	1	*100*
Aberdeenshire	35	23	2	25	7	6	2	1	*100*
Angus ²	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll & Bute	41	19	8	19	6	7	0	0	*100*
Clackmannanshire	35	19	5	23	7	7	2	2	*100*
Dumfries & Galloway	42	23	2	17	7	6	2	1	*100*
Dundee City	35	20	8	23	4	6	2	2	*100*
East Ayrshire	43	20	2	22	5	6	1	1	*100*
East Dunbartonshire	38	19	3	29	3	5	2	1	*100*
East Lothian	34	24	4	22	6	7	2	2	*100*
East Renfrewshire	38	22	2	21	2	4	5	5	*100*
Edinburgh, City of	44	23	4	18	5	4	1	1	*100*
Eilean Siar	44	20	1	16	8	8	1	2	*100*
Falkirk ²	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fife	39	22	5	21	4	6	3	1	*100*
Glasgow City	50	18	3	18	3	4	2	2	*100*
Highland	43	22	2	15	7	6	2	3	*100*
Inverclyde	48	18	7	19	2	2	3	3	*100*
Midlothian ³	36	18	6	30	4	3	1	3	*100*
Moray	39	18	3	21	7	11	1	1	*100*
North Ayrshire	47	23	2	17	5	5	1	1	*100*
North Lanarkshire	31	18	11	26	4	6	2	2	*100*
Orkney	40	26	2	14	7	9	1	1	*100*
Perth & Kinross	35	19	7	22	7	6	3	1	*100*
Renfrewshire	44	20	5	21	3	3	1	1	*100*
Scottish Borders, The	39	21	3	15	9	7	3	2	*100*
Shetland	43	17	5	16	11	7	1	1	*100*
South Ayrshire	47	20	3	17	5	5	1	1	*100*
South Lanarkshire	41	18	3	23	6	5	2	2	*100*
Stirling	43	25	2	18	6	5	1	0	*100*
West Dunbartonshire	43	27	1	19	4	3	1	1	*100*
West Lothian	35	18	2	27	7	7	2	1	*100*

Note: All households applying during period.
1. Figures include estimates for Angus and Falkirk based on previous data.
2. Data missing due to technical difficulties in submitting HL1 data.
3. Figures may represent an underestimate due to technical difficulties.

Page updated: Monday, September 25, 2006

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Table 8 Households applying by local authority and household type: 2005-06