Housing

There were 2,372,777 households in Scotland in 2011.

That’s an increase of 8.2%, or 180,531 households, from 2001.

36.4% of Scottish households lived in flats.

22.8% lived in semi-detached houses, 21.9% lived in detached houses, and 18.6% lived in terraced houses.

101,000 household spaces in Scotland were unoccupied. 36% of these were second or holiday homes.

Single-person households were the most common in Scotland.

People living alone made up about 35% of all households. For the first time, single-person households were the most common household type.

Two-person households were the second-most common household type, at 34%.

95% of households had four or fewer people.

11% of households were lone parent households: households where a single parent lived with one or more children.

About 62% of households owned the property they lived in.

This includes properties owned outright and properties owned with a mortgage.

This figure did not change much between 2001 and 2011.

Of all households in Scotland:

• 24% rented from a council or housing association
• 14% rented from private landlords

92,000 people lived in communal establishments.

These include hospitals, care homes and children's homes. There were 5,400 communal establishments in Scotland.

69% of households had at least one car or van available.

That’s an increase from 66% in 2001.

Aberdeenshire had the greatest proportion of households with access to cars or vans, at 86%. Glasgow City households were least likely to have a car or van available, at 45%.

86% of households who owned their property had a car or van available.

57% of households in privately rented accommodation and 37% of households in publicly rented accommodation had car or vans available to them.