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Scotland's People: Results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey (Volume 7: Annual Report)

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Scotland's People Volume 7: results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey


Table 3-16: Household size by local authority

Row percentages, 2001/2002 data, Households

Number of people

One

Two

Three

Four

Five or more

Total

Base

Aberdeen City

38

35

12

11

4

100

1,280

Aberdeenshire

22

36

16

19

7

100

1,230

Angus

28

40

14

12

6

100

662

Argyll and Bute

31

39

13

12

5

100

569

Clackmannanshire

27

38

16

14

4

100

547

Dumfries and Galloway

27

40

13

13

6

100

822

Dundee City

38

32

13

12

4

100

868

East Ayrshire

29

37

15

15

5

100

714

East Dumbartonshire

23

34

13

21

9

100

608

East Lothian

27

36

14

16

7

100

598

East Renfrewshire

25

34

16

18

8

100

526

Edinburgh City

39

32

13

12

4

100

2,374

Eilean Siar

40

30

14

11

5

100

643

Falkirk

28

36

14

16

6

100

790

Fife

28

37

16

13

5

100

1,928

Glasgow City

41

30

14

10

4

100

3,254

Highland

29

38

13

14

7

100

1,208

Inverclyde

33

32

15

14

6

100

529

Midlothian

22

35

19

17

8

100

622

Moray

26

36

13

18

6

100

614

North Ayrshire

33

33

16

14

5

100

768

North Lanarkshire

26

33

18

16

8

100

1,656

Orkney

30

37

16

11

6

100

649

Perth and Kinross

31

36

16

12

5

100

747

Renfrewshire

30

36

17

12

5

100

945

Scottish Borders

27

40

15

14

4

100

642

Shetland

26

34

17

13

10

100

625

South Ayrshire

29

38

15

12

6

100

685

South Lanarkshire

28

34

17

14

7

100

1,608

Stirling

29

37

13

15

6

100

601

West Dumbartonshire

32

36

15

13

4

100

531

West Lothian

25

35

17

16

7

100

796

Scotland

31

35

15

13

6

100

30,639

Table 3-17: Whether household has children by local authority

Row percentages, 2001/2002 data, Households

No children

Has children

Total

Base

Aberdeen City

79

21

100

1,280

Aberdeenshire

69

31

100

1,230

Angus

74

26

100

662

Argyll and Bute

75

25

100

569

Clackmannanshire

69

31

100

547

Dumfries and Galloway

74

26

100

822

Dundee City

76

24

100

868

East Ayrshire

72

28

100

714

East Dumbartonshire

69

31

100

608

East Lothian

70

30

100

598

East Renfrewshire

69

31

100

526

Edinburgh City

77

23

100

2,374

Eilean Siar

78

22

100

643

Falkirk

71

29

100

790

Fife

73

27

100

1,928

Glasgow City

75

25

100

3,254

Highland

72

28

100

1,208

Inverclyde

75

25

100

529

Midlothian

67

33

100

622

Moray

70

30

100

614

North Ayrshire

72

28

100

768

North Lanarkshire

67

33

100

1,656

Orkney

75

25

100

649

Perth and Kinross

75

25

100

747

Renfrewshire

74

26

100

945

Scottish Borders

75

25

100

642

Shetland

69

31

100

625

South Ayrshire

74

26

100

685

South Lanarkshire

70

30

100

1,608

Stirling

74

26

100

601

West Dumbartonshire

77

23

100

531

West Lothian

65

35

100

796

Scotland

73

27

100

30,639

Table 3-18: Whether household has children by urban/rural classification

Row percentages, 2001/2002 data
Households

No children

Has children

Scotland

Base

Large urban areas

75

25

100

11,045

Other urban areas

72

28

100

8,873

Accessible small towns

71

29

100

3,146

Remote small towns

72

28

100

1,357

Accessible rural

70

30

100

3,525

Remote rural

73

27

100

2,643

All

73

27

100

30,589



Table 3-19: Mean number of children by urban/rural classification
2001/2002 data
Households

Large urban areas

1.69

Other urban areas

1.73

Accessible small towns

1.73

Remote small towns

1.84

Accessible rural

1.76

Remote rural

1.87

Scotland

1.73

Base

8,302

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