Scottish Government

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland

ISBN 978 0 7559 9812 8 (Web only publication)
DPPAS 10991

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Contents

Introduction

1 Key Indicators of the Scottish Housing Stock

2 Energy Efficiency
2.1 National Home Energy Rating ( NHER)
2.2 Standard Assessment Procedure ( SAP)
2.3 Energy Performance Certificate Energy Efficiency Ratings ( EERs)
2.4 CO ₂ emissions

3 Fuel Poverty

4 Housing Quality
4.1 The Scottish Housing Quality Standard
4.2 Dampness and Condensation
4.3 Disrepair

5 Notes and Definitions

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland

Tables

Table 1: Base number of dwellings by survey year (2002-2009) (000s)
Table 2: Type of dwelling by age of dwelling (000s)
Table 3: Type of dwelling by age of dwelling (%)
Table 4: Extent to which energy use is monitored 2008 - 2009 (000s and %)
Table 5: Dwellings on/off the gas grid by urban/rural indicator (000s and %)
Table 6: Dwellings by NHER scores (000s and %)
Table 7: NHER band (000s and %)
Table 8: Banded NHER by tenure 2002-2009 (%)
Table 9: NHER band by household characteristics (%)
Table 10: NHER band by dwelling characteristics (%)
Table 11: Mean and median NHER score by household characteristics
Table 12: Mean and median NHER score by dwelling characteristics
Table 13: Dwellings by banded SAP2001 (000s and %)
Table 14: Dwellings by banded SAP2005 (000s and %)
Table 15: Mean and median SAP2001 by dwelling and household characteristics
Table 16: Mean and median SAP2005 by dwelling and household characteristics
Table 17: Approximate EPCEERs by dwelling and household characteristics (%)
Table 18: Average CO ₂ emissions (tonnes per year) by dwelling type and total CO ₂ emissions (million tonnes per year) - 2003/4 to 2009
Table 19: Mean CO ₂ emissions by age and type of dwelling 2009 (tonnes per year)
Table 20: Mean and median CO ₂ emissions (tonnes per year) by dwelling characteristics
Table 21: Fuel Poverty and Extreme Fuel Poverty 1996-2009 (000s, % and CIs) 28
Table 22: Fuel Poverty (%) and fuel price indices relative to the GDP deflator: May 1996 to June 2010
Table 23: Fuel Poverty by dwelling characteristics (000s)
Table 24: Fuel Poverty by household characteristics (000s)
Table 25: Fuel poverty by dwellings characteristics (%)
Table 26: Fuel Poverty by household characteristics (%)
Table 27: SHQS by tenure 2003/4 - 2009 (000s)
Table 28: SHQS by tenure 2003/4 - 2009 (%)
Table 29: SHQS criterion failures 2004/5 - 2009 (000s and %)
Table 30: SHQS urban/rural breakdown (000s and %)
Table 31: Presence of condensation in dwelling (000s and %)
Table 32: Presence of rising or penetrating damp in dwelling (000s and %)
Table 33: Presence of any disrepair by age of dwelling, tenure and urban/rural indicator (000s and %)
Table 34: 'Any disrepair' by urgency of disrepair (000s and %)
Table 35: Disrepair to critical elements by age of dwelling, tenure and urban/rural indicator (000s and %)
Table 36: Extensive disrepair by age of dwelling, tenure and urban/rural indicator (000s and %)
Table 37: 95% Confidence limits for estimates based on SHCS sub-samples of various sizes (without design effects)
Table 38: Design effects for SHCS
Table 39: EPC Energy Efficiency and SAP 2005 Ratings
Table 40: Retail Price Index fuel components, May 1996 to May 2009
Table 41: Retail Price Index fuel components relative to the GDP deflator, May 1996 to May 2009
Table 42: Scottish Government 8 category Urban/Rural Classification 2009-10

Figures

Figure 1: Type of dwelling by age of dwelling (000s)
Figure 2: Extent to which energy use is monitored by net weekly household income band 2009 (%)
Figure 3: Number of dwellings by NHER score (000s)
Figure 4: Dwellings by NHER bands 2002-2009 (%)
Figure 5: Mean NHER by tenure, type of dwelling, household income and urban/rural indicator
Figure 6: Average CO ₂ emissions (tonnes per year) 2003/4 to 2009 by dwelling type
Figure 7: Mean CO ₂ Emissions by age and type of dwelling 2009 (tonnes per year)
Figure 8: Households in Fuel Poverty 1996-2009 (% and CIs)
Figure 9: Fuel Poverty (%) and fuel price indices relative to the GDP deflator: May 1996 to June 2010
Figure 10: Households in fuel poverty by tenure, NHER band, household type, household income and urban/rural (%)
Figure 11: SHQS pass rates by tenure 2003/04 to 2009 (%)
Figure 12: Dwellings by failure to meet Scottish Housing Quality Standard criteria by tenure 2004/5 to 2009 (%)
Figure 13: Dwellings with any disrepair: (a) urgency of disrepair; (b) some disrepair to critical elements; and (c) some extensive disrepair (%)
Figure 14: Urgent disrepair in dwellings with some form of disrepair to critical elements (%)
Figure 15: Urgent disrepair in dwellings with some form of extensive disrepair (%) 46
Figure 16: Any, critical and extensive disrepair by age of dwelling (%)

Scottish House Condition Survey Team
Susan Walker, Pat Cairns, Dave Cormack, Ian Máté, David McLaren, Beatrix Futak-Campbell

Housing and Regeneration Directorate
Communities Analytical Services
Scottish Government

We would also like to acknowledge the help of Ipsos- MORI who run the field social interview team - especially Chris Martin, MMBL who co-ordinate the physical survey interviews - especially Steve Tidy, and the team of surveyors led by Murray Petrie. Bill Sheldrick of Alembic research has helped with the surveyor training and advised on energy matters.