Scottish households in 2013

This statistic shows the distribution of household types in Scotland in 2013. The most common type of household was single adult with 18 percent of homes containing just one adult of working age, followed by small adult (household with two adults of working age and no children) at 17 percent. 5 percent of Scottish households were single parent households.

Households in Scotland in 2013, by type of household*

Characteristic	Share of households
Single adult	18%
Small adult	17%
Single pensioner	16%
Older smaller	15%
Small family	13%
Large adult	10%
Large family	5%
Single parent	5%

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Release date

August 2014

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Region

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Survey time period

2013

Number of respondents

10,650 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

*Percentages not summing to100 may be due to rounding.
The Scottish Household Survey uses eight household types, defined as follows:
1) Single adult: household containing one adult of working age and no children.
2) Single parent: household containing one adult of any age and one or more children.
3) Single pensioner: household containing one adult of pensionable age (60 for women and 65 for men) and no children.
4) Small family: household containing two adults of any age and one or more children.
5) Older smaller: household containing one adult of working age and one of pensionable age, or two adults of pensionable age and no children.
6) Large adult: household containing three or more adults.
7) Small adult: houshold containing two adults of working age, and no children.
8) Large family: household containing two adults of any age, and three or more children, or three or more afults of any age and one or more children.
This statistic is using original data from the Scottish Government and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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