Scottish Household Survey: Perceptions of Local Councils, 2025
Key findings on perceptions of local councils from the 2025 Scottish Household Survey
Introduction
The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is an annual survey of the general population in Scotland, carried out since 1999. It aims to collect reliable and up-to-date information on a range of topics, through a random sample of people in private residences. It is a voluntary and interviewer-led survey, usually carried out face-to-face in people’s homes. The 2025 methodology and fieldwork outcomes report provides details of the methods used.
This publication contains the 2025 Scottish Household Survey results relating to Perceptions of Local Councils. Results for other topics are available on the Scottish Household Survey results webpage.
The full set of SHS 2025 data tables will be published via the SHS Data Explorer on 30th September 2026.
An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland
These statistics are official statistics. Official statistics are statistics that are produced by crown bodies, those acting on behalf of crown bodies, or those specified in statutory orders, as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.
Scottish Government statistics are regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
More information about Scottish Government statistics is available on the Scottish Government website.