Scottish Household Survey results

Introduction

The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) provides robust evidence on the characteristics, attitudes and behaviours of private households and individuals, and on the physical condition of Scotland’s homes.

This page contains links to reports on a wide variety of topics covered in the SHS, including demographics, neighbourhoods, discrimination and harassment, housing, household finances, fuel poverty, internet, physical activity, environment, volunteering, culture, childcare, local services, and trust in public institutions.

The SHS results for transport and travel in Scotland are published on the Transport Scotland website.

See also further information about the SHS, including the questionnaires and methodology.

Scottish Household Survey Data Explorer

The Data Explorer is an interactive tool for accessing Scottish Household Survey results through tables and charts. You can compare results over time, or between different local authority areas in Scotland.

The SHS results on the Data Explorer are divided into 11 topics: housing, neighbourhoods, household finances, internet, physical activity, local services, environment, volunteering, culture, childcare, and trust in public institutions.

Survey results from 2020 and 2021 are not available via the Data Explorer. During 2020 and 2021 the mode of the survey changed significantly as a result of limitations imposed by the Covid pandemic. Due to these limitations, the data from 2020 and 2021 was published as experimental data and is not directly comparable with data from other years.

Results of the 2023 survey

• Discrimination and Harassment in Scotland, results from the 2023 Scottish Household Survey
• Environment Statistics from the Scottish Household Survey 2023
• Financial information from SHS
• Households in Scotland by housing tenure: Scottish Household Survey, 2023
• Volunteering - Scottish Household Survey Statistics, 2023
• Scottish Household Survey: Perceptions of Local Councils, 2023
• Scottish Household Survey: Satisfaction with Schools, 2023
• Scottish Household Survey 2023: trust in public institutions
• Scottish Household Survey 2023 results : internet
• Scottish House Condition Survey: 2023 Key Findings
• Cultural engagement in Scotland 2023: Scottish Household Survey findings
• Neighbourhoods and communities 2023: Scottish Household Survey findings

Results of the 2022 survey

Data tables, including local authority breakdowns, are available as supporting documents to the key findings report.

• Scottish Household Survey 2022: Key Findings
• Social capital and community wellbeing in Scotland
• Scottish House Condition Survey: 2022 Key Findings
• Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2022

Results of the 2021 telephone survey

Data tables, including local authority breakdowns, are available as supporting files to the key findings report.

• Scottish Household Survey 2021 - telephone survey: key findings
• Scottish House Condition Survey: 2021 Key Findings

Results of the 2020 telephone survey

Data tables are available as supporting files to the key findings report.

• Scottish Household Survey 2020 - telephone survey: key findings
• Scottish Household Survey 2020 - telephone survey: culture and heritage report

Results of the 2019 survey

Scotland level data tables are available as supporting files to the annual report. Local authority level data tables are available in the Data Explorer.

• Scottish household survey 2019: Twenty years of Scotland's people: data comic - flip page version

• Scottish Household Survey 2019: twenty years of Scotland's people - summary report
• Scottish household survey 2019: key findings
• Scottish household survey 2019: annual report
• Scottish household survey 2019: supplementary analysis
• Scottish Household Survey: childcare topic report
• Scottish household survey 2019: culture and heritage - report
• Children in families with limited resources
• Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings
• Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019

Survey results from previous years

Results from 2018 and earlier are available via the Scottish Government's archive of gov.scot.

Films and podcast

• Chief Statistician and Data Officer in the Scottish Government, talks about the use and importance of the Scottish Household Survey
• what the housing information collected in the Scottish Household Survey is used for? 
• the importance of the volunteering information collected in the Scottish Household Survey
• the impact of the physical activity information collected in the Scottish Household Survey  
• the impact of the culture information collected in the Scottish Household Survey.   
• Scottish Household Survey film on 2018 results
• creation of the Scottish Household Survey data comic film
• your thoughts on the Scottish Household Survey
• podcast focusing on the 20th anniversary of the Scottish Household Survey