Statistical Bulletin HSG/2002/4 - Household Projections for Scotland: 2000-Based

Household Projections for Scotland:2000-Based

5.6 Projected Households in Scotland by Local Authority:One Adult Households as a Percentage of All Households (Table 6)

The proportion of all households which consist of one adult living alone is projected to increase from 33 per cent in 2000 to 39 per cent in 2014, with all authorities projected to have a higher percentage of single adult households in 2014 than in 2000. Of all the authority areas, Aberdeen City is projected to have had the highest percentage of one adult households in 2000 (45 per cent) and 2014 (52 per cent). East Dunbartonshire had the lowest percentage of one adult households in 2000 (24 per cent), and, at 30 per cent, Midlothian is projected to have the lowest in 2014.

Table 6: Projected Households in Scotland by Local Authority One Adult Households as a Percentage of All Households

Percentage
Local Authority	One Adult Households as a Percentage of All Households
Local Authority	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Scotland	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	39
Aberdeen City	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	52	52
Aberdeenshire	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34
Angus	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39
Argyll & Bute	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42
Clackmannanshire	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37
Dumfries & Galloway	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37
Dundee City	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46
East Ayrshire	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35
East Dunbartonshire	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31
East Lothian	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	35
East Renfrewshire	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34
Edinburgh (City of)	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44
Eilean Siar	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	44	45	46	46
Falkirk	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37
Fife	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37
Glasgow City	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	46
Highland	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	39
Inverclyde	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41
Midlothian	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	30	30
Moray	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	38
North Ayrshire	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37
North Lanarkshire	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34
Orkney	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	40	41
Perth & Kinross	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37
Renfrewshire	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39
Scottish Borders	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39
Shetland	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38
South Ayrshire	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37
South Lanarkshire	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37
Stirling	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	34
West Dunbartonshire	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38
West Lothian	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32

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