Statistical Bulletin Housing Series HSG/2005/3 Housing trends in Scotland: quarter ending 31 December 2004

Table 1: Key indicators: 1994 to 2004

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Revised population estimates at 30 June (000s)	5,102	5,103	5,092	5,083	5,077	5,072	5,063	5,064	5,055	5,057	5,078
Household estimates at 30 June (000s)	2,102	2,119	2,136	2,153	2,170	2,186	2,203	2,197	2,217
Estimated stock of dwellings at 31 December (000s) ¹	2,210	2,230	2,248	2,267	2,285	2,305	2,324	2,323	2,344	2,366
% owner occupied	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	63	64	67
% rented from public authorities	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	23	22	16
Total new dwellings completed	21,203	24,325	20,950	22,523	20,377	24,390	23,022	23,260	23,791	23,653	24,057
Private sector ²	17,753	18,310	18,092	17,839	18,327	19,398	18,033	17,686	18,620	19,661	21,535
Housing associations	2,789	4,854	2,566	4,507	1,911	4,911	4,894	5,502	5,120	3,939	2,522
Public authorities	661	1,161	292	177	139	81	95	72	51	53	-
Dwellings demolished or closed ³	3,810	5,837	4,133	4,624	3,635	4,746	5,058	5,125	3,918	3,023	3,169
Public authority dwellings sold ³	29,484	27,480	19,196	28,637	22,250	16,633	19,297	17,567	18,008	16,196	12,321
Housing provision for older people by public authorities and housing associations as at 31 March
Very sheltered housing	547	671	719	913	1,144	1,389	1,689	1,825	2,023 \|	2,787
Sheltered housing ⁴	33,100	33,687	34,976	35,484	36,096	34,752	35,342	34,615	34,127 \|	34,156
Medium dependency housing	16,506	19,013	18,535	16,883	17,245	16,751	16,870	16,674	15,842 \|	29,679
Applicants on the housing register as at 31 March ^{3 5}	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	219,837	228,487	223,858 \|	192,320
Number of households (re)housed
Local authority dwellings	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	48,999	49,180	49,332 \|	35,707
Other dwellings	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,373	3,568	3,596 \|	3,178
Houses in multiple occupation ³
Licences in force as at 31 March	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	25	710	1,921	3,509
	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Dwellings allocated by local authorities ^{3 6}	65,344	63,955	63,113	67,973	67,918	66,365	..	..	53,187	52,535 \|	40,008
% new lets	62	63	66	65	66	68	..	..	71	73 \|	74
% new lets under homelessness legislation	23	20	21	19	20	21	..	..	24	28 \|	31

Note: Certain time series for local authority figures show substantial year on year variation due to housing stock transfers: these are indicated by broken lines in the table (see notes and definitions).
1. 2003 figures are provisional.
2. Includes estimates for outstanding returns for the private sector in Highland from 2003 Qtr 4 onwards.
3. Includes estimates for outstanding returns.
4. These are combined waiting and transfer list figures. Due to housing stock transfers, figures for Dumfries & Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders are not included in the 2004 totals.
5. Source: Housing Revenue Account return from local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department: Housing 1.
This return was discontinued after 1999-00 to be replaced with a new form (LETTINGS) collecting information from 2001-02 onwards. 1994-95 lettings figures are based on incomplete returns. Due to housing stock transfers, figures for Dumfries & Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders are not included in the 2003-04 totals.

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