Scottish House Condition Survey: Key Findings for 2008

DescriptionThis is the fifth ‘Key Findings’ Report since the SHCS changed to a continuous format in 2003. Prior to 2003, surveys were conducted in 1991, 1996 and 2002 and typically consisted of about 15,000 paired social interviews and physical surveys.
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Website Publication DateNovember 26, 2009

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National Statistics logoScottish House Condition Survey Team: Eilidh MacDonald, Pat Cairns, Dave Cormack, Ian Máté, David McLaren, Housing and Regeneration Directorate, Communities Analytical Services
A National Statistics Publication for Scotland
ISBN 978 0 7559 7749 9 (Web only publication)
This document is also available in pdf format (436k)

Contents

Introduction

1 Key Indicators of the Scottish Housing Stock

2 Energy Efficiency
2.1 National Home Energy Rating ( NHER)
2.2 Standard Assessment Procedure ( SAP)
2.3 Energy Performance Certificate Energy Efficiency Ratings ( EERs)

3 Fuel Poverty

4 Housing Quality
4.1 The Scottish Housing Quality Standard
4.2 Dampness and Condensation
4.3 Disrepair

5 Notes and Definitions

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland

Tables
Table 1: Base number of dwellings by survey year (2002-2008) (000s)
Table 2: Type of dwelling by age of dwelling (000s)
Table 3: Type of dwelling by age of dwelling (%)
Table 4: Extent to which energy use is monitored within property (000s and %)
Table 5: Dwellings on/off the gas grid and gas central heating by urban/rural indicator (000s and %)
Table 6: Dwellings by NHER scores (000s and %)
Table 7: NHER band (000s and %)
Table 8: Banded NHER by Tenure 2002-2008 (%)
Table 9: NHER band by household characteristics (%)
Table 10: NHER band by dwelling characteristics (%)
Table 11: Mean and median NHER score by household characteristics
Table 12: Mean and median NHER score by dwelling characteristics
Table 13: Dwellings by banded SAP2001 (000s and %)
Table 14: Dwellings by banded SAP2005 (000s and %)
Table 15: Mean and median SAP2001 by dwelling and household characteristics
Table 16: Mean and median SAP2005 by dwelling and household characteristics
Table 17: Approximate EPCEERs by dwelling and household characteristics (%)
Table 18: Fuel Poverty and Extreme Fuel Poverty 1996-2008 (000s, % and CIs)
Table 19: Fuel Poverty by dwelling characteristics (000s)
Table 20: Fuel Poverty by household characteristics (000s)
Table 21: Fuel poverty by dwellings characteristics (%)
Table 22: Fuel Poverty by household characteristics (%)
Table 23: Scottish Housing Quality Standard 2004/5 - 2008 (000s and %)
Table 24: SHQS by Tenure 2004/5 - 2008 (000s)
Table 25: SHQS by Tenure 2004/5 - 2008 (%)
Table 26: SHQS criterion failures 2004/5-2008 (000s and Column %)
Table 27: SHQS urban/rural breakdown (000s and %)
Table 28: Presence of condensation in dwelling (000s and %)
Table 29: Presence of rising or penetrating damp in dwelling (000s and %)
Table 30: Presence of any disrepair by age of dwelling, tenure and urban/rural indicator (000s and %)
Table 31: 'Any disrepair' by urgency of disrepair (000s and %)
Table 32: Disrepair to critical elements by age of dwelling, tenure and urban/rural indicator (000s and %)
Table 33: Extensive disrepair by age of dwelling, tenure and urban/rural indicator (000s and %)
Table 34: 95% Confidence Limits for estimates based on SHCS sub-samples of various sizes (without design effects)
Table 35: Design Effects for SHCS
Table 36: EPC Energy Efficiency and SAP 2005 Ratings
Table 37: Retail Price Index fuel components, May 1996 to May 2008
Table 38: Retail Price Index fuel components relative to the GDP deflator, May 1996 to May 2008
Table 39: Scottish Executive 8 category Urban/Rural Classification 2007-8

Figures
Figure 1: Type of dwelling by age of dwelling (000s)
Figure 2: Extent to which energy use is monitored within property by net weekly household income band (%)
Figure 3: Number of dwellings by NHER score (000s)
Figure 4: Dwellings by NHER bands 2002-2008 (%)
Figure 5: Mean NHER by tenure, type of dwelling, household income and urban/rural indicator
Figure 6: Households in Fuel Poverty 1996-2008 (% and CIs)
Figure 7: Households in fuel poverty by tenure, NHER band, household type, household income and urban/rural (%)
Figure 8: Dwellings by failure to meet Scottish Housing Quality Standard criteria by tenure 2004/5 to 2008 (%)
Figure 9: Dwellings with any disrepair: (a) urgency of disrepair; (b) some disrepair to critical elements; and (c) some extensive disrepair (%)
Figure 10: Urgent disrepair in dwellings with some form of disrepair to critical elements (%)
Figure 11: Urgent disrepair in dwellings with some form of extensive disrepair (%)41
Figure 12: Any, critical and extensive disrepair by age of dwelling (%)

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