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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 by household type, Scotland 1995-96 to 1997-98

Table 17

 
Table 17(a) priority homeless or potentially homeless

Number

Year

Household type

Total

One person household

One parent households

Couple

Other household type

Under 18

18-24

25 to 60/65

60/65 and over

Parent aged under 25

Parent aged25 or over

Without children

With children

1995-96

1,700

1,100

2,300

800

2,300

5,500

700

2,200

300

16,900

1996-97

1,900

1,100

2,200

700

2,300

5,700

700

2,000

300

16,800

1997-98

2,000

1,300

2,700

700

2,100

5,900

600

1,900

300

17,500

Percentage

1995-96

10

7

14

5

14

32

4

13

2

100

1996-97

11

7

13

4

13

34

4

12

2

100

1997-98

11

7

15

4

12

34

3

11

2

100

 

Table 17(b) Non-priority homeless or potentially homeless

Number

Year

Household type

Total

One person household

One parent households

Couple

Other household type

Under 18

18-24

25 to 60/65

60/65 and over

Parent aged under 25

Parent aged25 or over

Without children

With children

1995-96

600

4,400

7,000

100

100

300

600

100

100

13,400

1996-97

600

4,600

7,500

100

100

300

600

100

100

13,900

1997-98

400

4,900

8,300

100

100

300

700

100

100

14,900

Percentage

1995-96

5

33

52

1

1

2

5

1

1

100

1996-97

4

33

54

1

-

2

4

1

1

100

1997-98

3

33

56

1

-

2

4

1

1

100

 

Table 17(c) Neither homeless nor potentially homeless, lost contact etc.

Number

Year

Household type

Total

One person household

One parent households

Couple

Other household type

Under 18

18-24

25 to 60/65

60/65 and over

Parent aged under 25

Parent aged25 or over

Without children

With children

1995-96

1,100

1,400

2,300

300

1,000

2,700

400

1,100

100

10,600

1996-97

1,300

1,400

2,200

300

900

2,700

400

1,000

100

10,300

1997-98

1,600

1,300

2,100

300

900

2,700

400

1,100

200

10,600

Percentage

1995-96

11

13

22

3

9

26

4

10

1

100

1996-97

13

13

21

3

9

26

3

10

1

100

1997-98

15

12

20

3

8

26

4

10

2

100

See Notes on Tables - page 13

 

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