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Publication - Statistics

Community Ownership in Scotland 2021

Published
27 September 2022
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate, +1 more … Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector
ISBN
9781804357354

Annual publication showing the extent of community ownership in Scotland.

View supporting documents Supporting documents

Assets in Community Ownership, 2000 to 2021

A steady upward trend in community owned assets has been seen since 2000
Line chart showing the increase in assets from 84 in 2000 to 711 in 2021; labels when community ownership legislation came into force

Assets where the transfer date is unknown or earlier than 2000 are included in the total for 2000. This accounts for 9% of the assets in community ownership as at December 2021.

The data for this chart is available in Table 1 of the Tables and Charts supporting document.

Assets in community ownership in 2021: 711

The number of assets in community ownership in 2021 was 711, 48 (7%) higher than in 2020.

There has been an increase in recent years with 627 assets (88%) being acquired after 2000 and just over half of assets (395) acquired after 2010. The chart shows the initiatives and legislation coming into effect in 2001, 2004 and 2016, which supported community ownership.

Many community ownership schemes receive funding from the Scottish Land Fund (SLF), which was founded in 2001. Further information on the SLF is available on the Community Fund website.

Contact

Email: CommunityOwnershipStatistics@gov.scot

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