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Stastical Bulletin Housing Series: Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland 1987-88 to 1997-88: National and Local Authority Analyses: HSG/1999/3

 

Applicant households 1997-98, by type of household

Table 16

Percentage

Area

Number of applicant households in 1997-981

One person household

One parent households

Couple

Other type

Under 18

18 - 24

25 and over and under retirement age

retirement age and over

Total %

Parent aged under 25

Parent aged 25 and over

Total %

Without children

With children

Total %

Scotland

43,100

9

17

30

3

60

7

21

28

4

7

11

1

Aberdeen City

1,718

8

23

31

3

65

5

16

21

7

6

13

1

Aberdeenshire

1,055

11

16

20

4

52

6

23

28

7

11

18

2

Angus

953

13

12

20

3

47

7

28

35

5

11

16

2

Argyll & Bute

407

13

10

21

3

48

8

19

28

6

15

22

3

Clackmannanshire

556

11

12

27

2

52

6

27

33

8

6

15

-

Dumfries & Galloway

1,113

14

15

24

3

56

7

19

26

7

10

17

1

Dundee City

1,105

17

11

20

2

50

11

25

36

4

8

13

1

East Ayrshire

759

11

17

24

4

57

8

22

29

4

9

13

1

East Dunbartonshire

428

9

13

17

4

43

9

34

43

3

10

13

1

East Lothian

985

8

18

24

4

53

9

19

29

6

12

18

1

East Renfrewshire

216

12

19

14

2

47

12

28

39

5

9

13

-

Edinburgh, City of

3,781

13

16

24

3

55

10

23

33

4

6

10

1

Eilean Siar

171

10

24

29

1

63

5

23

29

4

5

8

-

Falkirk

1,065

6

11

18

2

37

7

35

42

3

10

13

8

Fife

2,825

12

17

24

2

55

7

23

30

5

9

14

1

Glasgow City

11,022

4

21

49

3

77

5

12

17

2

3

5

1

Highland

987

7

10

15

3

35

9

32

42

8

14

22

1

Inverclyde

354

23

13

19

4

60

12

23

34

1

3

4

2

Midlothian

370

13

18

22

3

55

10

23

32

4

7

11

1

Moray

402

10

14

24

4

52

7

23

31

6

11

17

-

North Ayrshire

882

12

20

24

2

58

7

24

31

3

6

10

-

North Lanarkshire

1,813

9

17

28

2

57

9

24

32

3

7

11

-

Orkney

94

9

17

23

1

50

4

27

31

6

13

19

-

Perth & Kinross

512

9

6

8

3

26

14

31

45

7

19

26

3

Renfrewshire

654

6

17

22

2

47

10

35

45

2

6

8

-

Scottish Borders, The

609

12

21

26

3

62

5

17

22

5

10

15

1

Shetland

148

7

22

27

2

57

9

20

29

5

6

11

2

South Ayrshire

833

17

19

27

3

66

6

14

19

6

8

14

1

South Lanarkshire

1,906

9

17

25

3

54

7

27

34

3

8

11

1

Stirling

911

10

18

28

3

59

8

19

27

5

8

13

1

West Dunbartonshire

588

12

12

14

3

40

12

39

51

2

5

7

1

West Lothian

967

11

16

25

1

54

7

19

26

6

12

18

2

See Notes on Tables - page 13
1. The Scotland figure is based on the total number of applications. The individual local authority figures are based on the numbers of individual case returns received.

 

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