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Special Needs Housing
Tables 4.5 and 4.6 contain information on special needs housing for disabled people. This may include some people who have learning disabilities, but the majority of clients receiving this service are physically disabled. For definitions on which the data are collected, please refer to the notes in annex A.
Table 4.5: Special Needs Housing for Disabled 1 People, 1980 - 1999
|
1980 |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
|
|
Wheelchair |
426 |
3,068 |
7,586 |
3,736 |
2,275 |
2,435 |
2,593 |
3,039 |
|
Ambulant Disabled |
1,325 |
1,719 |
4,590 |
5,115 |
11,341 |
12,691 |
7,638 |
7,809 |
|
Other Specially Adapted |
909 |
11,896 |
20,417 |
24,143 |
12,276 |
8,891 |
9,877 |
10,093 |
|
All Dwellings |
2,660 |
16,683 |
32,593 |
32,994 |
25,892 |
24,017 |
20,108 |
20,941 |
1 Disabled people includes people with all disabilities not just
physical disabilities.
Source: SEHD Housing Statistics - S1B Return
Table 4.5 shows the number of different types of special needs housing for disabled people from 1980 to 1999.
It is evident that the number of dwellings as a total peaked in 1995 followed by an overall decrease. The number of wheelchair housing dwellings was highest in 1990 while other specially adapted dwellings reached their peak in 1995 and the number of dwellings for the ambulant disabled peaked in 1997.
Table 4.6: Special Needs Housing for Disabled 1 People Provided by Public Agencies and Housing Associations, 1999
|
Local Authority |
Wheelchair Housing |
Ambulant Disabled |
Other Specially Adapted |
Total Dwellings |
1 Total Dwellings per,000 Pop'n aged 16-64 |
|
Aberdeen City |
14% |
84% |
2% |
919 |
6.5 |
|
Aberdeenshire 2 |
33% |
42% |
25% |
598 |
4.0 |
|
Angus |
33% |
51% |
16% |
139 |
2.0 |
|
Argyll & Bute |
38% |
61% |
1% |
90 |
1.6 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
14% |
13% |
73% |
525 |
16.8 |
|
Dumfries & Galloway 3 |
53% |
41% |
6% |
34 |
0.4 |
|
Dundee City |
4% |
1% |
95% |
4,280 |
46.9 |
|
East Ayrshire |
36% |
64% |
- |
104 |
1.3 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
100% |
- |
- |
12 |
0.2 |
|
East Lothian |
94% |
6% |
- |
34 |
0.6 |
|
East Renfrewshire |
100% |
- |
- |
18 |
0.3 |
|
Edinburgh, City of |
29% |
29% |
42% |
1,177 |
3.9 |
|
Eileanan Siar |
23% |
3% |
74% |
31 |
1.8 |
|
Falkirk |
3% |
20% |
77% |
2,659 |
28.1 |
|
Fife |
46% |
35% |
20% |
362 |
1.6 |
|
Glasgow City |
8% |
91% |
1% |
4,229 |
10.5 |
|
Highland |
28% |
70% |
2% |
289 |
2.2 |
|
Inverclyde |
54% |
3% |
43% |
104 |
1.9 |
|
Midlothian |
23% |
- |
77% |
262 |
4.8 |
|
Moray |
26% |
73% |
1% |
223 |
4.1 |
|
North Ayrshire |
21% |
79% |
- |
358 |
4.0 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
100% |
- |
- |
314 |
1.5 |
|
Orkney Islands |
23% |
77% |
- |
194 |
15.6 |
|
Perth & Kinross |
87% |
13% |
- |
91 |
1.1 |
|
Renfrewshire |
51% |
13% |
36% |
283 |
2.5 |
|
Scottish Borders |
25% |
1% |
73% |
343 |
5.2 |
|
Shetland Islands |
13% |
73% |
14% |
92 |
6.3 |
|
South Ayrshire |
100% |
- |
- |
13 |
0.2 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
9% |
23% |
68% |
1,444 |
7.2 |
|
Stirling |
6% |
20% |
74% |
1,572 |
28.3 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
57% |
39% |
5% |
148 |
2.4 |
|
West Lothian |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Scotland |
15% |
37% |
48% |
20,941 |
6.3 |
1 Disabled People includes people with all disabilities, not just
physically disabled people.
2 Figures from 1998 used as 1999 returns are outstanding.
3 Figures from 1997 used as 1998 and 1999 returns are outstanding.
Source: SEHD Housing Statistics - S1B Return
Table 4.6 shows the number of special needs housing dwellings for disabled people in each local authority.
In Scotland as a whole almost half (48 per cent) of the 20,941 dwellings are specially adapted houses while only 15 per cent are wheelchair housing. In four local authorities wheelchair housing is the only type of dwelling; East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire and South Ayrshire. In contrast, 91 per cent of the dwellings in Glasgow are for ambulant disabled and in Dundee City 95 per cent are other specially adapted dwellings.
Dundee City has the highest number of dwellings (47) for disabled people for every 1,000 of the population aged between 16 and 64, whilst West Lothian has none. The rate for Scotland is 6 dwellings for physically disabled people for every 1,000 of the population aged between 16 and 64.
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