|
25 : HOUSING
EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND
| EDINBURGH |
sources
/ notes |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|
| Housing stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total stock of dwellings |
(*1) |
214,655 |
216,594 |
218,285 |
219,239 |
221,536 |
223,693 |
226,247 |
|
|
| .. occupied |
(*2) |
|
207,998 |
209,265 |
210,436 |
212,071 |
214,959 |
216,614 |
|
|
| .. unoccupied (vacant or holiday home) |
(*2) |
|
8,596 |
9,020 |
8,803 |
9,465 |
8,734 |
9,633 |
|
|
| .. vacancy rate |
(*2) |
|
4.00% |
4.10% |
4.00% |
4.30% |
3.90% |
4.30% |
|
|
| Local authority housing stock |
(*3) |
28,320 |
27,078 |
26,313 |
25,202 |
24,470 |
23,858 |
23,550 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing tenure (% of households) |
(*4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Owning outright |
|
27% |
27% |
29% |
31% |
32% |
32% |
34% |
|
|
| Buying with loan or mortgage |
|
42% |
41% |
39% |
41% |
38% |
33% |
31% |
|
|
| Renting from CEC / Scottish Homes |
|
14% |
11% |
11% |
9% |
10% |
11% |
11% |
|
|
| Renting from housing association |
|
5% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
5% |
5% |
|
|
| Renting from private landlord |
|
11% |
13% |
13% |
12% |
13% |
17% |
17% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| House types (% of households) |
(*4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Detached |
|
13% |
12% |
12% |
14% |
13% |
12% |
12% |
|
|
| Semi-detached |
|
14% |
15% |
12% |
13% |
13% |
16% |
16% |
|
|
| Terraced |
|
14% |
15% |
14% |
16% |
16% |
13% |
13% |
|
|
| Flat or maisonette |
|
59% |
59% |
62% |
57% |
57% |
59% |
58% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing stock age profile |
(*5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| pre-1919 |
|
|
|
35% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1919 to 1944 |
|
|
|
14% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1945 to 1964 |
|
|
|
19% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1965 to 1982 |
|
|
|
17% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| post 1982 |
|
|
|
15% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Council Housing |
(*6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Council housing stock |
|
28,488 |
28,480 |
26,818 |
25,602 |
n/a |
23,985 |
24,022 |
|
|
| No. of Council tenants |
|
28,070 |
27,250 |
26,298 |
25,357 |
23,954 |
23,404 |
22,730 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| New house building (all tenures) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| New starts |
(*7) |
1,446 |
1,819 |
1,187 |
2,247 |
3,483 |
2,021 |
1,501 |
|
|
| Completions (1) |
(*7) |
1,648 |
2,498 |
1,674 |
1,546 |
2,562 |
2,373 |
1,840 |
|
|
| Completions (2) |
(*8) |
1,891 |
1,929 |
2,559 |
2,561 |
2,442 |
2,597 |
2,247 |
|
|
| .. % on 'brownfield' sites |
(*9) |
80% |
88% |
94% |
89% |
93% |
94% |
96% |
|
|
| .. % on 'windfall' sites |
(*10) |
58% |
74% |
75% |
20% |
40% |
39% |
52% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Residential land values |
(*11) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bulk housing land |
|
£2.50 |
£2.85 |
£3.00 |
£3.10 |
£3.50 |
£3.75 |
£3.50 |
|
million per ha. |
| Flats or maisonettes |
|
£6.00 |
£7.00 |
£7.50 |
£6.75 |
£7.43 |
£7.50 |
£7.50 |
|
million per ha. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Length of occupancy in current dw'g |
(*12) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| less than 2 years |
|
|
|
28% |
|
29% |
30% |
31% |
|
|
| 3 to 10 years |
|
|
|
30% |
|
31% |
31% |
29% |
|
|
| 11 to 20 years |
|
|
|
21% |
|
20% |
20% |
18% |
|
|
| longer than 20 years |
|
|
|
22% |
|
21% |
21% |
22% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing conditions |
(*13) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dwellings with any condensation / damp |
|
|
|
12% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dwellings with full central heating |
|
|
|
82% |
89% |
89% |
|
|
|
|
| Households with difficulty heating home |
|
|
|
28% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Households in 'fuel poverty' |
|
|
|
13% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) |
(*14) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No. of HMO licenses in force |
|
|
|
301 |
318 |
1,036 |
4,286 |
1,893 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 figure is blip - recording error |
|
|
|
| Homelessness |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Homelessness applications |
(*15) |
4,342 |
4,410 |
4,233 |
4,919 |
5,492 |
5,178 |
5,037 |
|
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| LOTHIAN |
sources
/ notes |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Housing stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total stock of dwellings |
(*1) |
347,785 |
352,088 |
355,918 |
358,906 |
361,632 |
365,666 |
369,683 |
374,306 |
|
| .. occupied |
(*2) |
|
|
344,658 |
347,242 |
350,053 |
353,408 |
357,845 |
361,451 |
|
| .. unoccupied (vacant or holiday home) |
(*2) |
|
|
11,260 |
11,664 |
11,579 |
12,258 |
11,838 |
12,855 |
|
| .. vacancy rate |
(*2) |
|
|
3.20% |
3.20% |
3.20% |
3.40% |
3.20% |
3.40% |
|
| Local authority housing stock |
(*3) |
64,928 |
62,719 |
60,458 |
58,258 |
55,483 |
53,304 |
51,640 |
51,109 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing tenure (% of households) |
(*4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Owning outright |
|
|
24% |
24% |
25% |
28% |
30% |
29% |
31% |
|
| Buying with loan or mortgage |
|
|
43% |
42% |
42% |
43% |
40% |
37% |
35% |
|
| Renting from LA / Sc. Homes / New Town |
|
|
20% |
16% |
16% |
13% |
14% |
15% |
15% |
|
| Renting from housing association |
|
|
5% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
|
| Renting from private landlord |
|
|
7% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
9% |
11% |
11% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| House types (% of households) |
(*4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Detached |
|
|
16% |
|
15% |
17% |
16% |
16% |
17% |
|
| Semi-detached |
|
|
19% |
|
18% |
19% |
18% |
20% |
20% |
|
| Terraced |
|
|
22% |
|
23% |
24% |
25% |
22% |
22% |
|
| Flat or maisonette |
|
|
42% |
|
43% |
39% |
40% |
41% |
41% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing stock age profile |
(*5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| pre-1919 |
|
|
|
|
25% |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1919 to 1944 |
|
|
|
|
13% |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1945 to 1964 |
|
|
|
|
21% |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1965 to 1982 |
|
|
|
|
23% |
|
|
|
|
|
| post 1982 |
|
|
|
|
17% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Council Housing |
(*6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Council housing stock |
|
66,884 |
63,357 |
62,343 |
59,472 |
56,375 |
n/a |
52,411 |
52,124 |
|
| No. of Council tenants |
|
65,692 |
62,916 |
61,038 |
62,372 |
56,951 |
53,175 |
51,624 |
50,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| New house building (all tenures) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| New starts |
(*7) |
4,810 |
3,630 |
3,589 |
3,054 |
3,900 |
5,311 |
3,928 |
3,989 |
|
| Completions (1) |
(*7) |
5,081 |
3,606 |
4,694 |
3,489 |
3,307 |
4,104 |
4,141 |
3,253 |
|
| Completions (2) |
(*8) |
4,702 |
3,921 |
4,000 |
4,527 |
4,097 |
3,990 |
4,457 |
4,309 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Length of occupancy in current dw'g |
(*9) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| less than 2 years |
|
|
|
|
24% |
|
24% |
25% |
25% |
|
| 3 to 10 years |
|
|
|
|
32% |
|
32% |
33% |
31% |
|
| 11 to 20 years |
|
|
|
|
24% |
|
22% |
21% |
21% |
|
| longer than 20 years |
|
|
|
|
21% |
|
23% |
22% |
23% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing conditions |
(*10) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dwellings with any condensation / damp |
|
|
|
|
12% |
|
|
|
|
|
| Dwellings with full central heating |
|
|
|
|
86% |
92% |
92% |
|
|
|
| Households with difficulty heating home |
|
|
|
|
28% |
|
|
|
|
|
| Households in 'fuel poverty' |
|
|
|
|
13% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) |
(*11) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No. of HMO licenses in force |
|
|
|
|
305 |
335 |
1,065 |
4,335 |
1,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Homelessness applications |
(*12) |
7,119 |
7,491 |
7,318 |
6,996 |
7,707 |
8,699 |
8,709 |
8,571 |
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| SCOTLAND |
sources
/ notes |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|
| Housing stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total stock of dwellings |
(*1) |
2,304 |
2,323 |
2,341 |
2,358 |
2,379 |
2,398 |
2,418 |
|
thousand |
| .. occupied |
(*2) |
|
2,217 |
2,231 |
2,247 |
2,269 |
2,291 |
2,316 |
|
thousand |
| .. unoccupied (vacant or holiday home) |
(*2) |
|
104 |
106 |
106 |
105 |
102 |
101 |
|
thousand |
| .. vacancy rate |
(*2) |
|
4.50% |
4.50% |
4.50% |
4.40% |
4.20% |
4.20% |
|
|
| Local authority housing stock |
(*3) |
552,291 |
533,203 |
512,552 |
395,480 |
379,966 |
363,796 |
351,925 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing tenure (% of households) |
(*4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Owning outright |
|
23% |
25% |
26% |
27% |
28% |
28% |
29% |
|
|
| Buying with loan or mortgage |
|
38% |
39% |
38% |
38% |
37% |
37% |
36% |
|
|
| Renting from LA / Sc. Homes / New Town |
|
27% |
23% |
22% |
20% |
19% |
17% |
17% |
|
|
| Renting from housing association |
|
5% |
5% |
6% |
7% |
8% |
8% |
8% |
|
|
| Renting from private landlord |
|
5% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| House types (% of households) |
(*4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Detached |
|
20% |
|
19% |
21% |
20% |
21% |
21% |
|
|
| Semi-detached |
|
22% |
|
22% |
21% |
22% |
23% |
23% |
|
|
| Terraced |
|
21% |
|
22% |
22% |
22% |
22% |
22% |
|
|
| Flat or maisonette |
|
36% |
|
36% |
35% |
35% |
34% |
34% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing stock age profile |
(*5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| pre-1919 |
|
|
|
20% |
|
18% |
18% |
|
|
|
| 1919 to 1944 |
|
|
|
14% |
|
14% |
15% |
|
|
|
| 1945 to 1964 |
|
|
|
24% |
|
24% |
24% |
|
|
|
| 1965 to 1982 |
|
|
|
25% |
|
26% |
25% |
|
|
|
| post 1982 |
|
|
|
16% |
|
18% |
18% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Council Housing |
(*6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Council housing stock |
|
563,738 |
545,467 |
503,089 |
285,381 |
260,788 |
272,484 |
280,555 |
|
|
| No. of Council tenants |
|
546,789 |
531,013 |
427,168 |
404,285 |
372,719 |
361,465 |
350,676 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| New house building (all tenures) |
(*7) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| New starts |
|
23,600 |
23,406 |
22,589 |
24,756 |
27,425 |
25,783 |
28,927 |
|
|
| Completions |
|
23,040 |
23,341 |
23,950 |
23,716 |
24,846 |
24,295 |
24,581 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Length of occupancy in current dw'g |
(*8) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| less than 2 years |
|
|
|
21% |
|
20% |
20% |
21% |
|
|
| 3 to 10 years |
|
|
|
33% |
|
33% |
33% |
33% |
|
|
| 11 to 20 years |
|
|
|
24% |
|
24% |
23% |
23% |
|
|
| longer than 20 years |
|
|
|
23% |
|
23% |
23% |
24% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing conditions |
(*9) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dwellings with any condensation / damp |
|
|
|
14% |
|
|
14% |
|
|
|
| Dwellings with full central heating |
|
|
|
87% |
91% |
91% |
92% |
|
|
|
| Households with difficulty heating home |
|
|
|
31% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Households in 'fuel poverty' |
|
|
|
17% |
|
|
18% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) |
(*10) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No. of HMO licenses in force |
|
|
|
710 |
1,921 |
4,280 |
8,460 |
7,520 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Homelessness |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Homelessness applications |
(*11) |
46,023 |
45,004 |
46,540 |
51,999 |
56,523 |
57,454 |
59,970 |
|
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