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

24,968

8,375

2,331

459

306

1,663

127

38

150

38,418

65%

22%

6%

6%

0.8%

Aberdeenshire

40,109

6,481

3,596

369

306

2,133

118

17

149

53,279

75%

12%

7%

5%

0.5%

Angus

15,206

4,379

1,865

171

132

975

55

11

66

22,860

67%

19%

8%

6%

0.6%

Argyll & Bute

12,502

3,284

1,396

181

159

1,127

70

15

45

18,779

67%

17%

7%

8%

0.7%

Clackmannanshire

6,781

2,648

743

134

95

426

37

11

38

10,913

62%

24%

7%

6%

0.8%

Dumfries & Galloway

20,619

5,345

2,262

327

275

1,508

125

31

133

30,626

67%

17%

7%

7%

0.9%

Dundee City

14,505

9,317

1,980

555

358

1,492

174

41

141

28,562

51%

33%

7%

8%

1.2%

East Ayrshire

16,702

5,479

1,878

389

315

1,424

127

23

84

26,421

63%

21%

7%

8%

0.9%

East Dunbartonshire

19,202

3,535

988

310

247

907

43

19

12

25,262

76%

14%

4%

6%

0.3%

East Lothian

13,841

3,735

1,288

223

156

801

46

18

90

20,197

69%

18%

6%

6%

0.8%

East Renfrewshire

16,843

2,887

917

218

217

741

43

13

26

21,904

77%

13%

4%

5%

0.4%

Edinburgh, City of

51,554

17,454

4,047

909

1,051

4,366

320

72

335

80,108

64%

22%

5%

8%

0.9%

Eilean Siar

4,025

811

310

87

54

250

19

7

12

5,575

72%

15%

6%

7%

0.7%

Falkirk

20,067

6,948

2,097

395

271

1,206

121

37

96

31,239

64%

22%

7%

6%

0.8%

Fife

47,531

16,629

5,802

890

656

3,486

292

78

282

75,645

63%

22%

8%

7%

0.9%

Glasgow City

55,089

42,811

4,792

3,321

2,513

5,824

951

267

442

116,010

47%

37%

4%

10%

1.4%

Highland

30,187

8,267

3,376

551

301

2,201

145

36

156

45,220

67%

18%

7%

7%

0.7%

Inverclyde

10,812

5,099

914

483

187

735

102

23

32

18,386

59%

28%

5%

8%

0.9%

Midlothian

11,836

3,962

1,258

264

183

826

71

8

68

18,477

64%

21%

7%

7%

0.8%

Moray

13,366

2,067

1,681

197

145

1,374

56

14

61

18,961

70%

11%

9%

9%

0.7%

North Ayrshire

17,661

8,166

2,001

374

330

1,338

155

33

65

30,123

59%

27%

7%

7%

0.8%

North Lanarkshire

45,128

18,335

3,800

1,270

920

2,883

242

74

143

72,796

62%

25%

5%

7%

0.6%

Orkney Isles

3,022

490

397

32

35

206

8

1

13

4,203

72%

12%

9%

6%

0.5%

Perth & Kinross

18,880

4,896

2,041

304

178

1,165

61

23

73

27,621

68%

18%

7%

6%

0.6%

Renfrewshire

23,583

9,117

1,814

605

428

1,529

137

43

86

37,343

63%

24%

5%

7%

0.7%

Scottish Borders

15,614

3,618

1,630

138

141

1,001

50

27

84

22,303

70%

16%

7%

6%

0.7%

Shetland

3,594

801

441

34

38

255

6

1

8

5,179

69%

15%

9%

6%

0.3%

South Ayrshire

15,002

4,356

1,525

404

237

1,080

101

22

60

22,786

66%

19%

7%

8%

0.8%

South Lanarkshire

43,978

14,899

3,338

995

791

2,541

192

63

119

66,916

66%

22%

5%

6%

0.6%

Stirling

12,440

3,244

1,046

271

174

785

64

8

62

18,095

69%

18%

6%

7%

0.7%

West Dunbartonshire

11,609

6,151

1,202

317

303

955

87

29

39

20,691

56%

30%

6%

8%

0.7%

West Lothian

24,499

7,735

2,677

551

386

1,637

119

37

133

37,773

65%

20%

7%

7%

0.8%

Scotland

680,757

241,320

65,432

15,727

11,884

48,841

4,264

1,139

3,304

1,072,669

63%

22%

6%

7%

0.8%