Scotland's People - Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

Scotland's People
Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

Table 4.15: Number of rooms above or below the bedroom standard by number of children in household
Column percentages, 2003 data
Households

	None	One	Two	Three	Four or more	All
3+ above standard	6	2	2	2	*	5
2 above standard	24	11	10	8	*	21
1 above standard	40	37	33	26	*	39
Equal to standard	28	45	46	51	*	32
Below standard	2	6	9	13	*	3
Total	100	100	100	100	*	100
Base	11,623	1,669	1,222	297	69	14,880

* Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 4.16: Number of rooms above or below the bedroom standard by tenure of household
Column percentages, 2003 data
Households

	Owned outright	Buying with help of loan/ mortgage	Rent - Local Authority/ Scottish Homes	Rent - Housing Association/ Co-op	Rent - private landlord	Other	All
3+ above standard	11	5	1	1	3	7	5
2 above standard	35	21	11	5	10	28	21
1 above standard	40	42	37	30	31	38	39
Equal to standard	13	29	47	60	52	25	32
Below standard	1	3	5	4	4	3	3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,202	5,582	2,999	931	888	278	14,880

Table 4.17: Number of rooms above or below the bedroom standard by number of bedrooms
Column percentages, 2003 data
Households

	One	Two	Three	Four	Five or more	All
3+ above standard	-	-	-	35	68	5
2 above standard	-	-	47	32	24	21
1 above standard	-	66	32	27	5	39
Equal to standard	97	30	19	5	2	32
Below standard	3	5	2	1	-	3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,975	5,308	5,588	1,628	381	14,880

Table 4.18: Number of rooms above or below the bedroom standard by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003 data
Households

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
3+ above standard	4	4	5	9	10	12	5
2 above standard	16	22	25	24	28	30	21
1 above standard	39	40	41	37	37	36	39
Equal to standard	37	32	27	29	23	20	32
Below standard	4	3	2	1	3	2	3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,348	4,176	1,542	692	1,814	1,308	14,880

Table 4.19: Local authority grouping by number of rooms above or below the bedroom standard
Row percentages, 2003 data
Households

	3+ above standard	2 above standard	1 above standard	Equal to standard	Below standard	Total	Base
Edinburgh	7	17	39	34	3	100	1,184
Glasgow	2	12	37	44	5	100	1,570
Fife	5	25	38	30	2	100	1,000
North Lanarkshire	3	20	39	32	5	100	856
South Lanarkshire	4	20	41	31	4	100	785
Highlands and Islands	10	29	35	24	2	100	2,060
Grampian	7	22	39	30	2	100	1,211
Tayside	6	21	38	32	2	100	1,075
Central	6	25	38	29	2	100	938
Dunbartonshire	5	21	42	29	3	100	491
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde	4	20	40	33	3	100	1,031
Ayrshire	3	23	42	30	2	100	974
Lothians	5	24	40	27	3	100	963
Southern Scotland	7	26	39	26	2	100	742
Scotland	5	21	39	32	3	100	14,880

Table 4.20: Extent to which households share rooms with other households and which rooms are shared
Row percentages, 2003 data
Households

	No rooms shared	Yes, sharing room	Total	Base
All Households	99	1	100	14,880
Households that share rooms	Not Shared	Shared	Total	Base
Kitchen	10	90	100	107
Bathroom	11	89	100	107
WC	39	61	100	107
Other Rooms	48	52	100	107

Table 4.21: Whether property has central heating by household type
Column percentages, 2003 data
Households

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Full (all main living areas/at least half rooms)	85	92	88	95	94	94	91	88	91
Partial (fewer than half the rooms/not all main living areas)	6	4	5	3	4	4	5	6	5
None	9	4	6	2	3	2	4	6	5
Don't know	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,341	2,512	844	2,062	1,025	1,429	2,235	2,432	14,880

Table 4.22: Whether property has central heating by tenure of household
Column percentages, 2003 data
Households

	Owned outright	Buying with help of loan/mortgage	Rent - Local Authority/ Scottish Homes	Rent - Housing Association/ Co-op	Rent - private landlord	Other	All
Full (all main living areas/at least half rooms)	90	94	90	92	77	81	91
Partial (fewer than half the rooms/not all main living areas)	5	3	6	3	7	8	5
None	5	3	4	5	16	10	5
Don't know	-	0	0	0	-	-	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,202	5,582	2,999	931	888	278	14,880

Table 4.23: Local authority grouping by whether property has central heating
Row percentages, 2003 data
Households

	Full	Partial	None	Don't know	Total	Base
Edinburgh	89	3	8	-	100	1,184
Glasgow	81	8	11	-	100	1,570
Fife	95	3	2	-	100	1,000
North Lanarkshire	96	2	1	-	100	856
South Lanarkshire	91	6	3	0	100	785
Highlands and Islands	88	7	5	-	100	2,060
Grampian	92	5	4	0	100	1,211
Tayside	88	6	6	-	100	1,075
Central	96	2	2	-	100	938
Dunbartonshire	96	2	2	0	100	491
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde	91	4	5	-	100	1,031
Ayrshire	95	2	2	-	100	974
Lothians	95	2	2	-	100	963
Southern Scotland	88	5	7	-	100	742
Scotland	91	5	5	0	100	14,880

Table 4.24: Rating of neighbourhood as a place to live by year
Column percentages, 1999-2003 data
Adult population

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Very good	50	52	51	51	54
Fairly good	41	40	41	41	39
Fairly poor	5	5	5	5	5
Very poor	3	3	3	3	2
No opinion	0	0	1	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100
Base	13,783	14,557	14,643	14,042	13,968

Table 4.25: Rating of neighbourhood as a place to live by household type
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Very good	41	52	34	54	50	54	64	59	54
Fairly good	47	41	46	39	41	40	32	34	39
Fairly poor	7	4	10	4	5	4	3	4	5
Very poor	3	2	9	2	3	2	2	2	2
No opinion	1	1	1	0	0	-	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,325	2,279	841	1,872	915	1,234	2,084	2,418	13,968

Table 4.26: Rating of neighbourhood as a place to live by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 -20,000	20,001 - 25,000	25,001 - 30,000	30,001 - 40,000	Over 40,000	All (income known)
Very good	50	50	47	50	55	58	62	71	54
Fairly good	40	39	43	41	40	39	34	27	39
Fairly poor	6	6	6	5	4	2	3	1	5
Very poor	3	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	2
No opinion	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,194	2,729	2,838	1,976	1,508	1,152	1,305	782	13,484

Table 4.27: Rating of neighbourhood as a place to live by tenure of household
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Owned outright	Buying with help of loan/mortgage	Rent - Local Authority/ Scottish Homes	Rent - Housing Association/ Co-op	Rent - private landlord	Other	All
Very good	65	56	36	36	50	67	54
Fairly good	31	40	46	49	42	23	39
Fairly poor	3	3	10	8	5	6	5
Very poor	1	1	7	6	2	2	2
No opinion	0	0	1	1	1	2	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	3,983	5,133	2,869	893	828	262	13,968

Table 4.28: Rating of neighbourhood as a place to live by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
Very good	48	50	56	66	66	74	54
Fairly good	43	42	38	31	29	23	39
Fairly poor	6	5	4	2	3	1	5
Very poor	3	3	1	0	1	1	2
No opinion	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,996	3,932	1,438	668	1,690	1,244	13,968

Table 4.29: Local authority grouping by rating of neighbourhood as a place to live
Row percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Very good	Fairly good	Fairly poor	Very poor	No opinion	Total	Base
Edinburgh	58	37	3	2	1	100	1,102
Glasgow	36	50	8	5	1	100	1,495
Fife	53	39	5	2	1	100	941
North Lanarkshire	43	47	6	3	1	100	801
South Lanarkshire	49	44	4	2	0	100	752
Highlands and Islands	68	29	2	1	0	100	1,947
Grampian	59	37	2	2	1	100	1,093
Tayside	57	35	5	2	0	100	991
Central	51	41	6	2	0	100	870
Dunbartonshire	54	38	4	4	1	100	455
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde	53	36	7	4	0	100	1,002
Ayrshire	51	43	4	2	0	100	909
Lothians	59	36	4	2	0	100	900
Southern Scotland	69	28	3	1	0	100	710
Scotland	54	39	5	2	0	100	13,968

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