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Scottish Household Survey results

Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic
Housing

Links to results from the most recent survey, and to survey results from previous years.

Introduction

The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) provides robust evidence on the characteristics, attitudes and behaviours of private households and individuals, and on the physical condition of Scotland’s homes.

This page contains links to reports on a wide variety of topics covered in the SHS, including demographics, neighbourhoods, discrimination and harassment, housing, household finances, fuel poverty, internet, physical activity, environment, volunteering, culture, childcare, local services, and trust in public institutions.

The SHS results for transport and travel in Scotland are published on the Transport Scotland website.

See also further information about the SHS, including the questionnaires and methodology.

Scottish Household Survey Data Explorer

The Data Explorer is an interactive tool for accessing Scottish Household Survey results through tables and charts. You can compare results over time, or between different local authority areas in Scotland.

The SHS results on the Data Explorer are divided into 11 topics: housing, neighbourhoods, household finances, internet, physical activity, local services, environment, volunteering, culture, childcare, and trust in public institutions.

Survey results from 2020 and 2021 are not available via the Data Explorer. During 2020 and 2021 the mode of the survey changed significantly as a result of limitations imposed by the Covid pandemic. Due to these limitations, the data from 2020 and 2021 was published as experimental data and is not directly comparable with data from other years.

Results of the 2023 survey

Results of the 2022 survey

Data tables, including local authority breakdowns, are available as supporting documents to the key findings report.

Results of the 2021 telephone survey

Data tables, including local authority breakdowns, are available as supporting files to the key findings report.

Results of the 2020 telephone survey

Data tables are available as supporting files to the key findings report.

Results of the 2019 survey

Scotland level data tables are available as supporting files to the annual report. Local authority level data tables are available in the Data Explorer.

Survey results from previous years

Results from 2018 and earlier are available via the Scottish Government's archive of gov.scot.

Films and podcast

Contact

Take part

Every year, a random sample of addresses in Scotland are invited to take part in the Scottish Household Survey. It is important that as many of these as possible take part. This is to make sure the results are representative of everyone in Scotland, not just certain groups of people. However, if you have received an invite letter and have decided you don't want to take part, please visit visit the Ipsos web portal, call the freephone number 0808 238 5456 or email shs@ipsos.com. More information on taking part is available at the Scottish Household Survey website.

Keep up to date

If you wish to be added to the e-mail mailing list to be kept informed of details of SHS developments, you should register your interest in 'Population and Household Surveys' and/or the Scottish Household Survey' sub-topic on the ScotStat Register.

Provide feedback or request other information

The Scottish Household Survey team at the Scottish Government can be contacted at shs@gov.scot.

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