Residential Mobile Homes in Scotland

This research provides an up-to-date picture on the use of mobile homes as dwellings, examines the nature of the mobile home sector and aims to inform how future policy can be shaped.


Appendix Four: Tenure of Residents Living in Caravans Mobile Homes and Other Temporary Structures by Local Authority

Total Number

Owner occupied

Social rented

Privately rented

(%)

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

Number

Aberdeen

139

18

25

9

13

73

101

Aberdeenshire

345

59

203

3

9

39

133

Angus

161

37

59

12

19

52

83

Argyll & Bute

293

51

148

9

27

40

118

Clackmannanshire

15

53

8

20

3

27

4

Dumfries & Galloway

188

63

118

4

7

34

63

Dundee

23

17

4

30

7

52

12

East Ayrshire

48

42

20

19

9

40

19

East Dunbartonshire

38

63

24

11

4

26

10

East Lothian

45

64

29

20

9

16

7

East Renfrewshire

44

55

24

2

1

43

19

Edinburgh

64

45

29

27

17

28

18

Eilean Siar

51

35

18

6

3

59

30

Falkirk

50

42

21

12

6

46

23

Fife

283

66

186

12

34

22

63

Glasgow

321

38

122

22

70

40

129

Highland

501

61

306

2

11

37

184

Inverclyde

53

66

35

6

3

28

15

Midlothian

365

78

284

5

17

18

64

Moray

261

56

147

4

10

40

104

North Ayrshire

162

47

76

17

27

36

59

North Lanarkshire

173

65

113

8

14

27

46

Orkney Islands

50

80

40

0

0

20

10

Perth & Kinross

241

44

106

7

16

49

119

Renfrewshire

37

41

15

32

12

27

10

Scottish Borders

59

83

49

3

2

14

8

Shetland Islands

49

37

18

53

26

10

5

South Ayrshire

97

77

75

14

14

8

8

South Lanarkshire

184

76

140

5

12

18

32

Stirling

120

60

72

3

3

38

45

West Dunbartonshire

38

34

13

19

50

6

16

West Lothian

49

41

20

12

6

47

23

SCOTLAND

4547

56

2547

10

430

34

1570

Notes to table
As well as caravans and mobile homes, the census definition included house boats and tents within the term 'other temporary structures'. The table also includes Gypsy/Travellers.

Source: 2001 Census

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