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Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarters Ended 31 March 1999: HSG/2000/1

Public Sector Vacant Stock as at 31 March 1999

Table 19

Area	Normal Letting Stock¹			Other^1,2		Total Stock¹
Area	Vacant Dwellings	Total Dwellings	Vacancy Rate	Vacant Dwellings	Vacant Dwellings	Total Dwellings	Vacancy Rate
SCOTLAND	9,163	556,012	1.6	10,149	19,489	575,572	3.4
Local Authority	8,522	542,175	1.6	10,149	18,671	561,558	3.3

Aberdeen City	707	27,363	2.6	255	962	28,762	3.3
Aberdeenshire⁴	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angus	43	9,663	0.4	117	160	10,380	1.5
Argyll & Bute	50	6,923	0.7	81	131	7,054	1.9

Clackmannanshire	68	6,410	1.1	24	92	6,430	1.4
Dumfries & Galloway	114	13,480	0.8	27	141	13,525	1.0
Dundee City	373	20,639	1.8	1,187	1,560	21,791	7.2
East Ayrshire	258	18,593	1.4	371	629	18,819	3.3

East Dunbartonshire	56	6,241	0.9	27	83	6,295	1.3
East Lothian	123	10,389	1.2	36	159	10,419	1.5
East Renfrewshire⁴	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Edinburgh, City of	301	28,409	1.1	1,392	1,693	30,231	5.6

Eilean Siar	53	2,016	2.6	4	57	2,029	2.8
Falkirk	129	21,694	0.6	145	274	21,886	1.3
Fife	701	40,906	1.7	440	1,141	41,185	2.8
Glasgow City	2,840	88,140	3.2	2,919	5,759	97,144	5.9

Highland	136	18,757	0.7	47	183	18,803	1.0
Inverclyde	346	10,761	3.2	269	615	12,396	5.0
Midlothian	42	7,821	0.5	34	76	7,947	1.0
Moray	20	7,451	0.3	15	35	7,458	0.5

North Ayrshire	288	18,079	1.6	4	292	18,093	1.6
North Lanarkshire	316	50,491	0.6	690	1,006	50,541	2.0
Orkney	15	965	1.6	8	23	973	2.4
Perth & Kinross	89	9,480	0.9	76	165	10,121	1.6

Renfrewshire	359	21,397	1.7	724	1,083	22,220	4.9
Scottish Borders, The	70	7,851	0.9	189	259	7,955	3.3
Shetland⁴	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Ayrshire³	148	11,220	1.3	11	159	11,220	1.4

South Lanarkshire	448	36,387	1.2	341	789	36,799	2.1
Stirling	115	8,203	1.4	221	336	8,400	4.0
West Dunbartonshire	273	15,034	1.8	468	741	15,190	4.9
West Lothian	41	17,412	0.2	27	68	17,492	0.4

Scottish Homes	641	13,837	4.6	177	818	14,014	5.8

1. Excludes those authorities who have not yet reported numbers of vacants as at 31 March 1999.

2. Includes dwellings used as temporary accommodation for the homeless, dwellings awaiting demolition dwellings which are part of a modernisation scheme and dwellings identified as being in a low demand area.

3. Figures on total dwellings relate to 1998 (return outstanding).

4. Returns for 1999 not yet received.

NB. Use Table 21 for figures on estimated total dwelling stock at 31 March 1999.