The Scottish Government

Local authority area

Family structure

Two parents

Single parent

Parent and step-parent

Parents + others

No parents

Two parents

Single parent

Parent and step-parent

Parents + grandparents

Parents + other relatives

Parents + others

Grandparents

Other relatives

Familes with foster children

All households

Aberdeen City

14,192

5,308

1,204

311

185

1,062

105

30

82

22,479

63%

24%

5%

7%

1.0%

Aberdeenshire

21,664

3,981

1,782

239

165

1,239

97

12

76

29,255

74%

14%

6%

6%

0.6%

Angus

8,534

2,693

945

109

72

560

44

9

32

12,998

66%

21%

7%

6%

0.7%

Argyll & Bute

6,742

2,048

693

123

90

654

62

13

22

10,447

65%

20%

7%

8%

0.9%

Clackmannanshire

3,796

1,627

372

90

51

266

33

8

19

6,262

61%

26%

6%

6%

1.0%

Dumfries & Galloway

11,259

3,296

1,166

206

154

924

109

21

58

17,193

65%

19%

7%

7%

1.1%

Dundee City

8,303

5,869

1,016

337

198

949

141

35

86

16,934

49%

35%

6%

9%

1.5%

East Ayrshire

9,530

3,410

936

248

187

898

115

22

38

15,384

62%

22%

6%

9%

1.1%

East Dunbartonshire

10,320

2,244

521

203

123

525

35

15

6

13,992

74%

16%

4%

6%

0.4%

East Lothian

7,608

2,274

633

145

87

477

41

15

45

11,325

67%

20%

6%

6%

0.9%

East Renfrewshire

9,002

1,813

471

140

115

431

33

11

15

12,031

75%

15%

4%

6%

0.5%

Edinburgh, City of

28,720

11,179

2,052

566

569

2,603

278

56

221

46,244

62%

24%

4%

8%

1.2%

Eilean Siar

2,080

504

153

52

33

158

14

6

7

3,007

69%

17%

5%

8%

0.9%

Falkirk

11,591

4,371

1,079

261

150

738

109

24

50

18,373

63%

24%

6%

6%

1.0%

Fife

26,702

10,381

2,939

572

354

2,052

254

63

143

43,460

61%

24%

7%

7%

1.1%

Glasgow City

31,215

27,629

2,458

2,131

1,351

3,572

827

214

285

69,682

45%

40%

4%

10%

1.9%

Highland

16,357

5,081

1,654

340

177

1,328

116

31

76

25,160

65%

20%

7%

7%

0.9%

Inverclyde

6,089

3,157

479

312

109

476

85

19

16

10,742

57%

29%

4%

8%

1.1%

Midlothian

6,599

2,373

617

179

97

498

58

8

33

10,462

63%

23%

6%

7%

0.9%

Moray

7,296

1,261

831

102

78

856

47

11

37

10,519

69%

12%

8%

10%

0.9%

North Ayrshire

10,034

5,028

1,027

250

196

795

127

23

35

17,515

57%

29%

6%

7%

1.1%

North Lanarkshire

25,686

11,387

1,954

844

517

1,791

201

59

71

42,510

60%

27%

5%

7%

0.8%

Orkney Isles

1,605

312

181

25

17

116

7

1

5

2,269

71%

14%

8%

7%

0.6%

Perth & Kinross

10,419

3,020

1,004

188

100

707

55

15

40

15,548

67%

19%

6%

6%

0.7%

Renfrewshire

13,520

5,732

956

404

236

965

109

37

47

22,006

61%

26%

4%

7%

0.9%

Scottish Borders

8,476

2,206

801

91

71

596

46

16

37

12,340

69%

18%

6%

6%

0.8%

Shetland

1,818

481

193

23

19

147

4

1

4

2,690

68%

18%

7%

7%

0.3%

South Ayrshire

8,487

2,784

796

256

137

675

87

14

34

13,270

64%

21%

6%

8%

1.0%

South Lanarkshire

24,972

9,336

1,729

645

442

1,570

163

52

63

38,972

64%

24%

4%

7%

0.7%

Stirling

6,787

2,036

536

176

100

479

59

8

40

10,221

66%

20%

5%

7%

1.0%

West Dunbartonshire

6,593

3,899

627

209

159

617

74

23

21

12,222

54%

32%

5%

8%

1.0%

West Lothian

13,867

4,795

1,392

366

218

1,004

104

33

69

21,848

63%

22%

6%

7%

0.9%

Scotland

379,863

151,515

33,197

10,143

6,557

29,728

3,639

905

1,813

617,360

62%

25%

5%

8%

1.0%