Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2011-12

This bulletin provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2012. It includes information on the characteristics of applicant households, local authority assessments and the action taken in respect of cases that were concluded. Snapshot data on households in temporary accommodation at 31 March 2012 are presented and notifications of households at risk of homelessness due to eviction/repossession.


Table A: Individuals in households by gender and age: Scotland: 2011-12

Female Male All
Adults
16-17 1,918 1,238 3,156
18-24 7,968 7,185 15,153
25-retirement 13,065 17,891 30,956
Retirement plus 585 427 1,012
All adults 23,536 26,741 50,277
Children
0-4 4,974 5,136 10,110
5-11 3,749 3,915 7,664
12-15 1,588 1,653 3,241
16-18 483 496 979
All children 10,794 11,200 21,994
All households applying in period 44,164

This table is analysed by households.

The HL1 dataset records individual homelessness applications. Applications are defined as coming from the same household if they have been:

  • linked to another application, and:
  • the adult members and family circumstances are
  • the same in both applications.

Contact

Email: Housing Access and Support Statistics

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