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Housing statistics

Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate, +1 more … Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing

Statistics on new housebuilding, affordable housing supply, rents in the private sector, local authority and social housing, and short term lets licencing.

Quarterly housing update

A summary of activity in new build housing and affordable housing in Scotland.

The Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update  includes an update on Affordable Housing Supply approvals, starts and completions, all-sector, private sector, and social sector new house building starts and completions. The publication presents annual rates of new housebuilding and affordable housing supply per head of population, including comparisons to other UK countries.

Empty properties and Second homes

Statistics on empty properties, unoccupied exemptions and second homes sourced from council tax base returns collected annually from local authorities.

Housing Statistics Annual Key Trends

Statistics on housing stock, new housing supply, local authority stock, and housing management. 

Private Sector Rent statistics

Information on Private Sector Rents across 18 Broad Rental Market areas in Scotland.

Note that these statistics are largely based on advertised rents and do not represent changes in rents for existing tenants.

Short term lets licensing

The latest release of Short Term Lets Licencing Statistics Scotland reports on the operation of the short term lets licensing scheme under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022. It presents information on data collected from local authorities.

This quarterly statistical series provides information on the number of licence applications received, granted and pending determination, along with information on the type of letting, type of property and other accommodation details. The statistical publication provides an overview of key findings, with the supporting documents Excel file providing a range of further more detailed tables at a Scotland, local authority and data zone level.

Social Tenants in Scotland

Overview of social tenants and social rented housing in Scotland including stock, household characteristics, housing Social tenants in Scotland flows, rents and income levels.

Scottish Household Survey

The latest data available for housing tenure can be found below: 

Scottish Household Survey - Local Authority Summary Report

A short analysis of key points of interest from the Scottish Household Survey 2018 local authority level tables on housing.

Housing statistics: Excel webtables

A range of additional Excel webtables available to download

Housing statistics: Data quality, sources and suitability

Information on housing statistics developments across the UK is available on the Government Analysis Function Housing, homelessness and planning statistics webpages.

Scottish Government & Office for National Statistics Stakeholder Event - Scottish PRS price indices and statistics

The minutes for the Stakeholder Event on Scottish PRS price indices and statistics, held on 7th February, are available below. 

Housing statistics across the UK

Information on housing statistics developments across the UK is available on the Government Analysis Function Housing, homelessness and planning statistics webpages.

Housing and regeneration outcomes framework: indicator updates

The latest update to the Housing and Regeneration Outcome Indicators was published on Tuesday 22 November 2022. 

Private rented sector statistics user event June 2019

The Private rented sector statistics user event brought together users of PRS statisics, and took place in Edinburgh on 25 June 2019.

Materials used on the day, including the agenda, speaker photos and biographies, summary notes and presentation slides for each session can be found by clicking on the link below.

Private rented sector statistics: user event 25 June 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Archive

You can find older reports and datatsets via our archive, or by searching for housing statistics on the NRS Web Archive (nrscotland.gov.uk)

Contact

Email: housingstatistics@gov.scot

Telephone: 0131 244 7229 or 0131 244 7230

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