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Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarter Ending 31 March 2006

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Public sector housing stock

Table 14
Public sector housing stock as at 31 March 2006

Area

Total dwellings

Dwelling type

Year of construction

House

High rise flat

Other flat

Pre-1919

1919-44

1945-64

1965-82

Post-1982

SCOTLAND

363,779

160,513

23,712

179,554

9,545

79,601

129,339

122,651

14,610

Aberdeen City

24,119

6,007

3,979

14,133

1,469

4,911

6,766

9,701

1,272

Aberdeenshire

13,669

9,665

-

4,004

113

2,330

3,522

5,680

2,024

Angus 4

8,494

3,329

-

5,165

347

1,190

3,300

3,235

422

Argyll & Bute

5,550

2,634

-

2,916

79

640

2,023

2,505

303

Clackmannanshire

5,360

2,949

-

2,411

104

1,282

1,878

1,987

109

Dumfries & Galloway

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Dundee City

15,650

3,660

2,177

9,813

19

3,919

7,485

4,149

78

East Ayrshire

13,923

7,853

-

6,070

67

3,436

7,339

3,016

65

East Dunbartonshire

4,077

2,026

-

2,051

93

1,302

1,342

1,216

124

East Lothian 1

8,284

4,336

-

3,948

57

2,704

3,149

1,857

517

East Renfrewshire

3,306

1,111

-

2,195

15

928

1,409

714

240

Edinburgh, City of

23,914

3,153

4,036

16,725

664

5,665

6,212

10,882

491

Eilean Siar 4

1,841

1,547

-

294

2

157

531

948

203

Falkirk

17,443

7,942

985

8,516

219

5,067

7,593

4,434

130

Fife

33,017

15,612

926

16,479

148

8,397

13,869

9,517

1,086

Glasgow City

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Highland

14,442

11,356

-

3,086

75

1,731

4,347

6,869

1,420

Inverclyde 4

9,328

1,798

1,889

5,641

93

2,312

2,489

4,250

184

Midlothian 2,4

6,385

4,161

-

2,224

?1,622?

2,445

?2,318?

Moray

6,173

4,800

-

1,373

19

942

1,854

2,784

574

North Ayrshire

14,392

7,451

339

6,602

37

3,185

6,631

3,668

871

North Lanarkshire

39,889

17,485

4,312

18,092

3,482

7,559

12,593

14,883

1,372

Orkney

799

666

-

133

4

65

110

492

128

Perth & Kinross 3

8,033

3,926

149

3,958

..

..

..

..

..

Renfrewshire

15,000

2,980

1,528

10,492

36

4,259

5,734

4,115

856

Scottish Borders, The

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Shetland

1,980

1,657

-

323

18

174

402

1,159

227

South Ayrshire

8,801

3,918

234

4,649

-

2,476

3,172

2,824

329

South Lanarkshire

27,861

13,085

1,407

13,369

112

6,720

11,281

8,482

1,266

Stirling

6,361

3,403

-

2,958

493

1,227

3,410

1,047

184

West Dunbartonshire

11,992

3,408

1,751

6,833

147

1,704

6,120

3,973

48

West Lothian 4

13,696

8,595

-

5,101

11

5,319

2,333

5,946

87

Source: Stock1 returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department: Analytical Services Division (Housing Statistics)

Note: Following housing stock transfers, figures for Dumfries & Galloway, Glasgow and Scottish Borders are not included in the Scotland totals.

1. Years of construction differ slightly from the listed periods. The final three periods for East Lothian read 1946-59, 1960-79 and 1980 onwards.

2. Unable to break down pre 1919 and 1919-1944, and 1965-1982 and post 1982 periods. Figure has been included in the Scotland total column of the first period.

3. Breakdown figures for Perth & Kinross not available.

4. Estimates based on 2005 figures due to outstanding returns

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