Housing shortage in Scotland 2016-2023, by city

Published by
Fernando de Querol Cumbrera,
Oct 25, 2024

From 2021 to 2023, the number of units added to the housing stock increased at a much slower rate than the number of households in Glasgow. Although there was a housing shortage in all the major cities in 2023, that difference between dwellings built and households formed was the worst in Glasgow.

Difference between the net additions of dwellings to the housing stock and the number of new households formed in Scotland (United Kingdom) from 2016 to 2023, by city

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Release date

September 2024

Region

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Survey time period

2016 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures calculated by Statista using data from the Households and Dwellings Scotland report published by the National Records of Scotland.

The figures were calculated as the difference between two figures: 

  • Net additions to housing stock: calculated as the number of units in the housing stock in a given year minus that number in the previous yearthat year
  • Households fromed: the number of families formed that year was calculated as the total number of families in a given year minus the number of families in the previous year.

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