Scotland's People Volume 7: results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey
Table 3-13: Household type by local authority
Row percentages, 2001/2002 data. Households
| Single adult | Small adult | Single parent | Small family | Large family | Large adult | Older smaller | Single pens'r | Total | Base |
Aberdeen City | 22 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 100 | 1,280 |
Aberdeenshire | 10 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 100 | 1,230 |
Angus | 11 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 100 | 662 |
Argyll and Bute | 15 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 100 | 569 |
Clackmannanshire | 13 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 100 | 547 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 10 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 100 | 822 |
Dundee City | 19 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 100 | 868 |
East Ayrshire | 12 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 100 | 714 |
East Dumbartonshire | 9 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 100 | 608 |
East Lothian | 9 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 100 | 598 |
East Renfrewshire | 10 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 100 | 526 |
Edinburgh City | 23 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 100 | 2,374 |
Eilean Siar | 20 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 100 | 643 |
Falkirk | 13 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 100 | 790 |
Fife | 12 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 100 | 1,928 |
Glasgow City | 23 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 100 | 3,254 |
Highland | 15 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 100 | 1,208 |
Inverclyde | 15 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 100 | 529 |
Midlothian | 11 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 100 | 622 |
Moray | 9 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 100 | 614 |
North Ayrshire | 16 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 100 | 768 |
North Lanarkshire | 12 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 100 | 1,656 |
Orkney | 14 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 100 | 649 |
Perth and Kinross | 13 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 100 | 747 |
Renfrewshire | 13 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 100 | 945 |
Scottish Borders | 11 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 100 | 642 |
Shetland | 17 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 100 | 625 |
South Ayrshire | 12 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 100 | 685 |
South Lanarkshire | 14 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 100 | 1,608 |
Stirling | 13 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 100 | 601 |
West Dumbartonshire | 15 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 100 | 531 |
West Lothian | 13 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 100 | 796 |
Scotland | 15 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 100 | 30,639 |
Table 3-14: Household type by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Households
| Large urban areas | Other urban areas | Accessible small towns | Remote small towns | Accessible rural | Remote rural | Scotland |
Single adult | 20 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 15 |
Small adult | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 17 |
Single parent | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
Small family | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
Large family | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Large adult | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
Older smaller | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 15 |
Single pensioner | 17 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Base | 11,045 | 8,873 | 3,146 | 1,357 | 3,525 | 2,643 | 30,589 |
Table 3-15: Household size by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Households
Number of people | Large urban areas | Other urban areas | Accessible small towns | Remote small towns | Accessible rural | Remote rural | Scotland |
One | 37 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 24 | 27 | 31 |
Two | 32 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 39 | 35 |
Three | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 15 |
Four | 12 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Five or more | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Base | 11,045 | 8,873 | 3,146 | 1,357 | 3,525 | 2,643 | 30,589 |