| Table 1.2 Estimated number of households, 1991-19961,2,3, |
| | | | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
| Scotland | | 2,052,000 | 2,066,800 | 2,084,200 | 2,100,200 | 2,116,700 | 2,130,800 |
| Aberdeen City | | 90,600 | 92,300 | 93,500 | 94,700 | 95,800 | 96,500 |
| Aberdeenshire | | 81,000 | 82,100 | 83,300 | 84,700 | 86,000 | 87,100 |
| Angus | | 43,900 | 44,200 | 44,600 | 44,900 | 45,300 | 45,400 |
| Argyll and Bute | | 37,100 | 36,500 | 37,000 | 37,300 | 37,600 | 37,700 |
| Clackmannanshire | | 43,600 | 44,000 | 19,300 | 19,600 | 19,900 | 20,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 18,900 | 19,100 | 60,600 | 61,100 | 61,600 | 62,200 |
| Dundee City | | 39,000 | 39,200 | 67,300 | 68,000 | 67,900 | 67,200 |
| East Ayrshire | | 59,700 | 60,000 | 49,500 | 49,700 | 49,900 | 50,100 |
| East Dunbartonshire | | 67,400 | 67,300 | 39,800 | 40,400 | 40,900 | 41,300 |
| East Lothian | | 49,100 | 49,200 | 35,200 | 35,500 | 35,900 | 36,300 |
| East Renfrewshire | | 39,500 | 39,700 | 32,300 | 32,500 | 32,800 | 33,100 |
| Edinburgh, City of | | 34,500 | 34,800 | 192,700 | 194,300 | 196,100 | 198,100 |
| Eilean Siar4 | | 11,000 | 11,100 | 11,200 | 11,300 | 11,400 | 11,500 |
| Falkirk | | 32,500 | 32,700 | 57,800 | 58,100 | 58,500 | 58,900 |
| Fife | | 190,800 | 191,500 | 141,400 | 143,400 | 144,600 | 145,500 |
| Glasgow City | | 56,900 | 57,400 | 274,800 | 273,400 | 272,300 | 270,900 |
| Highland | | 139,000 | 140,000 | 82,100 | 83,200 | 84,600 | 85,400 |
| Inverclyde | | 271,300 | 272,500 | 36,900 | 36,900 | 37,000 | 37,200 |
| Midlothian | | 80,200 | 81,200 | 30,300 | 30,500 | 30,700 | 30,900 |
| Moray | | 36,600 | 36,700 | 33,400 | 34,000 | 34,200 | 34,900 |
| North Ayrshire | | 29,800 | 29,900 | 56,100 | 56,700 | 57,100 | 57,700 |
| North Lanarkshire | | 32,800 | 33,100 | 124,600 | 125,500 | 126,900 | 128,500 |
| Orkney Islands | | 55,100 | 55,500 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Perth and Kinross | | 122,800 | 123,800 | 52,900 | 53,600 | 54,400 | 54,900 |
| Renfrewshire | | 7,800 | 7,900 | 72,300 | 72,900 | 73,700 | 74,500 |
| Scottish Borders | | 51,800 | 52,300 | 44,100 | 44,300 | 44,700 | 44,800 |
| Shetland Islands | | 71,500 | 72,100 | 8,600 | 8,700 | 8,800 | 8,800 |
| South Ayrshire | | 8,400 | 8,500 | 46,200 | 46,500 | 47,000 | 47,300 |
| South Lanarkshire | | 45,500 | 45,800 | 119,800 | 120,600 | 121,700 | 122,700 |
| Stirling | | 117,300 | 118,400 | 31,800 | 32,200 | 32,500 | 33,100 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 31,200 | 31,500 | 39,200 | 39,600 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| West Lothian | | 55,600 | 56,500 | 57,500 | 58,200 | 59,100 | 60,300 |
| Source: SODD-HSU |
| 1 | Households as at 30 June. |
| 2 | Individual figures in the table have been rounded to the nearest 100. The totals shown may therefore not be equal to the sum of the constituent parts. |
| 3 | The figures for 1996 are provisional. Figures prior to 1996 are estimated from information for the old district authorities. |
| 4 | The former Western Isles Council changed its name on 2 September 1997. |
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