Households in Scotland by housing tenure: Scottish Household Survey, 2023
This publication describes some of the data collected through the Scottish Household Survey (SHS) broken down by housing tenure. Topics covered include households by tenure, characteristics of households by tenure, housing satisfaction by tenure and the number of households on social housing waiting lists.
Households on social housing waiting lists
Figure 2: Households on social housing lists by housing tenure, Scotland, 2023
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Owner occupied |
Private rented |
Social rented |
All |
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|
Total number of households |
1,610,000 |
330,000 |
570,000 |
2,535,310 |
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Yes, on a housing list (Table 1.50) |
1% |
9% |
11% |
4% |
|
Yes, the household has applied for social housing under a choice based letting scheme, or similar, in the last year (Table 1.54) |
0 |
1% |
1% |
0.4% |
|
The main reason for household being on a housing list (Table 1.60): |
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|
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Threatened with homelessness |
N/A |
10% |
4% |
5% |
|
To move to my own property away from |
N/A |
5% |
5% |
7% |
|
Can't afford current housing/would like cheaper |
N/A |
26% |
2% |
9% |
|
To move to a different area - anti-social/safety |
N/A |
1% |
9% |
6% |
|
To move to a different area - to be nearer family |
N/A |
5% |
5% |
6% |
|
To move to a different area - to a better area |
N/A |
5% |
9% |
8% |
|
To move to a different area - for work opportunities |
N/A |
2% |
1% |
1% |
|
To move to a different area - school catchment |
N/A |
1% |
0% |
1% |
|
To move to a different area - other reason (specify) |
N/A |
0% |
1% |
1% |
|
To move to a different property - bigger/smaller |
N/A |
19% |
37% |
31% |
|
To move to a different property - need adaptations |
N/A |
1% |
6% |
4% |
|
To move to a different property - need ground floor |
N/A |
4% |
7% |
6% |
Figure 2 shows around one in 10 households living in a social rented or a private rented property in 2023 were on a housing list to move or move into a social rented property.
In total, 4% of all households reported to be on a housing list in 2023, equating to an estimated total of nearly 99,000 households on a housing list. An additional 10,000 (0.4%) of households had applied for social housing using a choice based letting system or similar within the last year.
Figure 2 also shows that for social rented households on a housing list to move to another social rented property, the most commonly reported reported reason was to move to a bigger or smaller property (37%). For private rented households on a housing list, the most commonly reported reason was that they could not afford current housing or would like cheaper housing (26%).
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housing.statistics@gov.scot
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