Table 3
Summary information by local authority
Area | Number of dwellings on the council tax register as at 4/9/06 1 | Estimated number of recipients of housing benefit 2 | Local authority dwellings 3 |
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Near actual number estimated as at 30/9/05 | Estimated average weekly standard rent (£)
2005-06 4 |
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SCOTLAND | 2,417,759 | 437,900 | 363,796 | 44.78 |
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Aberdeen City | 108,618 | 15,300 | 24,460 | 45.42 |
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Aberdeenshire | 104,226 | 10,200 | 13,963 | 42.56 |
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Angus | 52,346 | 7,700 | 8,396 | 38.68 |
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Argyll & Bute | 45,794 | 5,800 | 5,628 | 45.75 |
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Clackmannanshire | 22,770 | 4,500 | 5,382 | 41.84 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 70,501 | 10,500 | na | na |
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Dundee City | 72,165 | 18,100 | 15,638 | 46.55 |
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East Ayrshire | 54,231 | 12,200 | 14,373 | 43.20 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 43,521 | 3,900 | 3,993 | 46.81 |
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East Lothian | 42,145 | 5,900 | 8,184 | 36.70 |
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East Renfrewshire | 36,781 | 3,300 | 3,537 | 44.23 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 226,247 | 33,700 | 23,858 | 50.68 |
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Eilean Siar | 13,759 | 1,300 | 1,826 | 47.21 |
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Falkirk | 68,911 | 12,300 | 17,696 | 44.28 |
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Fife | 164,592 | 26,700 | 33,005 | 43.51 |
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Glasgow City | 295,295 | 90,600 | na | na |
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Highland | 106,737 | 13,500 | 14,183 | 49.64 |
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Inverclyde | 39,136 | 9,400 | 8,406 | 55.19 |
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Midlothian | 34,144 | 5,000 | 6,221 | 36.53 |
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Moray | 40,607 | 4,700 | 6,300 | 35.54 |
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North Ayrshire | 64,609 | 13,900 | 14,552 | 41.30 |
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North Lanarkshire | 144,337 | 32,900 | 39,933 | 44.14 |
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Orkney | 9,726 | 800 | 778 | 41.35 |
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Perth & Kinross | 66,252 | 7,600 | 8,200 | 39.66 |
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Renfrewshire | 81,020 | 16,300 | 14,400 | 50.81 |
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Scottish Borders, The | 53,912 | 7,200 | na | na |
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Shetland | 10,219 | 1,000 | 1,913 | 51.76 |
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South Ayrshire | 52,665 | 8,700 | 9,166 | 41.47 |
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South Lanarkshire | 138,527 | 25,100 | 28,057 | 45.09 |
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Stirling | 38,316 | 5,200 | 6,146 | 44.10 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 43,880 | 11,600 | 12,225 | 43.84 |
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West Lothian | 71,770 | 13,000 | 13,377 | 48.33 |
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1. Source: Information supplied by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Financial and Central Services Department Analytical Services Division: Local Government Finance on CTAXBASE statistical return. Excludes free-standing lock-ups/garages.
2. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System.
Figures shown are averages of quarterly 100% caseload stock counts taken in May, August and November 2005 and February 2006 and are rounded to the nearest hundred. Figures refer to a benefit unit, which may be a single person or a couple, and exclude extended payment cases. Figures for any non-responding authority, or for an authority which was unable to provide accurate information, have been estimated based on historical and regional data.
3. Source: Housing Revenue Account return from local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department. Following housing stock transfers, figures for Dumfries & Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders councils are not included in the Scotland totals.
4. Average weekly rent is calculated by dividing the estimated housing revenue from 1 April 2005 -31 March 2006 by the estimated housing stock at the mid point of the financial year (30 September 2005).