Collection
Scotland's Carers: statistics and research
A picture of the health, wellbeing, employment and demographic information of unpaid carers in Scotland.
Introduction
The Scotland's Carers publication brings together statistical analysis from sources including Scotland's Census and the Scottish Health Survey, as well as research of caring to give a picture of carers' health, wellbeing, employment and demographic information. The first edition was published in 2015, and several update releases have since been issued.
Publications
- Scotland's Carers 2026: main report
- Scotland's Carers update release: March 2025
- Scotland's Carers update release: 2024
- Scotland’s Carers update release: December 2022
- Scotland’s Carers update release: April 2022
- Scotland's Carers update release: November 2019
- Scotland's Carers 2015: main report
Other health and social care publications
For other publications relating to health and social care, please see the health and social care analysis page of our website.
Contact
If you have any queries or feedback about the Scotland's carers publication then please e-mail SWStat@gov.scot