Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2011
Survey of vacant and derelict land in Scotland.
4 Derelict Land: People's proximity to Derelict land
4.1 This section focuses exclusively on derelict land and people's proximity to such sites throughout Scotland. In 2011 there were 1,951 derelict sites recorded in the SVDLS.
4.2 Table 7 shows the percentage of local authority population that are estimated to live within various distances of derelict land in 2011. This is a measure of people's proximity to derelict land and not their exposure to it.
Table 7: Percentage of local authority population living within various distances of Derelict land, 20111,2,3
| Local Authority | Population | Distance from Derelict Land in 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 500m | 500m to Less than 1,000m | 1,000m or further | ||
| Aberdeen City | 217,120 | 30.6 | 29.4 | 40.0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 245,780 | 6.3 | 11.1 | 82.7 |
| Angus | 110,570 | 13.3 | 19.5 | 67.2 |
| Argyll & Bute | 89,200 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 81.1 |
| Clackmannanshire | 50,630 | 28.6 | 29.7 | 41.7 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 148,190 | 9.3 | 13.0 | 77.7 |
| Dundee City | 144,290 | 27.0 | 37.7 | 35.3 |
| East Ayrshire | 120,240 | 28.1 | 25.7 | 46.2 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 104,580 | 18.8 | 33.6 | 47.6 |
| East Lothian | 97,500 | 16.8 | 28.1 | 55.1 |
| East Renfrewshire | 89,540 | 22.2 | 16.9 | 60.9 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 486,120 | 23.1 | 36.5 | 40.4 |
| Eilean Siar | 26,190 | 4.9 | 14.4 | 80.7 |
| Falkirk | 153,280 | 11.7 | 20.5 | 67.8 |
| Fife | 365,020 | 29.0 | 28.7 | 42.3 |
| Glasgow City | 592,820 | 60.1 | 31.9 | 8.0 |
| Highland4 | 221,630 | 20.2 | 17.3 | 62.5 |
| Inverclyde | 79,770 | 27.7 | 18.6 | 53.7 |
| Midlothian | 81,140 | 44.9 | 40.9 | 14.2 |
| Moray | 87,720 | 4.0 | 9.8 | 86.2 |
| North Ayrshire | 135,180 | 45.2 | 35.9 | 19.0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 326,360 | 57.8 | 31.2 | 11.1 |
| Orkney Islands | 20,096 | 23.4 | 18.0 | 58.6 |
| Perth & Kinross | 147,780 | 19.0 | 25.0 | 56.0 |
| Renfrewshire | 170,250 | 32.1 | 33.3 | 34.6 |
| Scottish Borders | 112,870 | 43.3 | 13.2 | 43.5 |
| Shetland Islands | 22,400 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 94.2 |
| South Ayrshire | 111,440 | 20.4 | 15.8 | 63.8 |
| South Lanarkshire | 311,880 | 28.6 | 25.6 | 45.8 |
| Stirling | 89,833 | 12.5 | 20.0 | 67.5 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 90,587 | 62.0 | 23.5 | 14.5 |
| West Lothian | 172,080 | 25.3 | 30.1 | 44.5 |
| Scotland | 5,222,086 | 30.1 | 26.3 | 43.6 |
1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. Population figures used for each local authority are the latest mid-year estimates published by NRS (in this case 2010).
3. Further information on how this data was calculated is available in Annex Section A.7.
4. A partial survey was completed for Highland - see Annex A.11.
Map 1: Percentage of population within 500m of a Derelict site, 2011
4.3 30.1% of Scotland's population lives within 500m of derelict land. A further 26.3% within the '500m to less than a 1,000m' bracket. The remaining 43.6% live at least 1,000m from derelict land.
4.4 People's proximity to derelict land varies significantly at the council level. For example, 60.1% of Glasgow City's population lives within 500m of a derelict site, whereas the figures for Aberdeen and Edinburgh are 30.6% and 23.1% respectively. Other councils with an above-average proportion of their population living close to derelict land include West Dunbartonshire (62.0%), North Lanarkshire (57.8%) and North Ayrshire (45.2%). The population of the Shetland Islands is least likely to be living close to derelict land with only 1.0% within 500m of a derelict site.
4.5 The map on page 16 shows the percentage of each local authority's population that lives with 500m of derelict land in 2011, based on the results from table 7.
4.6 Table 8 shows the percentage of local authority population that lives within 500m of derelict land for the years 2005-2011. It also shows this proximity information for sites that have been derelict since before 1991.
4.7 In 2005, an estimated 27.1% of Scotland's population lived within 500m of a derelict site. This has increased to 30.1% in 2011.
4.8 Between 2005 and 2011, the percentage of Scotland's population that lives within 500m of a site that has been derelict since before 1991 fell to 12.8% in 2011. The only increases in proximity to pre-1991 sites are usually caused either by the entry of "new" sites that have been derelict for a long time, or where old sites change type from vacant to derelict. New residential developments will also have a small effect. Those councils with the largest percentage of people within 500m of a site derelict before 1991 are Glasgow (40.7%), West Dunbartonshire (39.4%), Midlothian (35.6%) and North Lanarkshire (21.8%).
4.9 The large apparent increase recorded in Orkney in 2010 was due to the appearance in the survey that year of numerous previously unrecorded sites, especially around Kirkwall.
Table 8: Percentage of local authority population living within 500m of Derelict land, 2005-20111,2
| Local Authority | Proximity to Derelict Land | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of Population within 500m of any Derelict Site | % of Population within 500m of land derelict prior to 1991 | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Aberdeen City | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 18.7 | 22.0 | 24.4 | 30.6 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| Aberdeenshire | 4.9 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Angus | 16.8 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| Argyll & Bute | 9.5 | 13.3 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Clackmannanshire | 26.9 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 27.6 | 25.3 | 20.0 | 28.6 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 21.4 | 19.1 | 14.4 | 10.7 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 9.2 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Dundee City | 26.6 | 21.3 | 24.2 | 26.5 | 30.1 | 29.7 | 27.0 | 15.1 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| East Ayrshire | 25.9 | 23.6 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 28.1 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 9.2 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 23.0 | 21.4 | 20.8 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 19.0 | 18.8 | 14.5 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| East Lothian | 26.1 | 23.3 | 21.1 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| East Renfrewshire | 23.4 | 23.1 | 21.9 | 22.0 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 8.8 | 8.6 | 13.3 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Eilean Siar | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Falkirk | 16.9 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Fife | 34.5 | 35.1 | 33.1 | 32.9 | 32.0 | 30.6 | 29.0 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| Glasgow City | 56.6 | 57.3 | 59.1 | 61.7 | 59.9 | 60.3 | 60.1 | 44.0 | 43.2 | 42.8 | 42.6 | 41.7 | 40.9 | 40.7 |
| Highland3 | 19.6 | 18.6 | 17.8 | 20.5 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 12.9 |
| Inverclyde | 29.1 | 26.9 | 24.8 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 25.8 | 27.7 | 18.2 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.3 |
| Midlothian | 60.2 | 52.2 | 49.8 | 46.0 | 45.2 | 45.0 | 44.9 | 47.9 | 41.6 | 38.9 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 35.8 | 35.6 |
| Moray | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 1.4 |
| North Ayrshire | 33.5 | 33.5 | 32.0 | 40.2 | 41.1 | 39.9 | 45.2 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
| North Lanarkshire | 48.2 | 49.1 | 50.0 | 54.8 | 55.7 | 56.3 | 57.8 | 26.1 | 25.2 | 25.3 | 25.3 | 24.6 | 24.0 | 21.8 |
| Orkney Islands | 15.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 0.7 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 13.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Perth & Kinross | 15.6 | 18.2 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 19.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Renfrewshire | 31.8 | 25.0 | 30.5 | 28.9 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 32.1 | 15.3 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 9.5 |
| Scottish Borders | 38.6 | 42.5 | 48.4 | 45.5 | 44.4 | 44.3 | 43.3 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 19.9 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 17.9 |
| Shetland Islands | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| South Ayrshire | 23.3 | 23.3 | 21.1 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| South Lanarkshire | 24.4 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 23.6 | 26.6 | 28.0 | 28.6 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.6 |
| Stirling | 13.4 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 16.5 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 50.2 | 50.7 | 59.1 | 59.0 | 62.5 | 67.6 | 62.0 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 38.4 | 35.4 | 42.8 | 40.3 | 39.4 |
| West Lothian | 19.4 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 24.3 | 25.4 | 25.0 | 25.3 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.4 |
| Scotland | 27.1 | 26.6 | 27.3 | 29.8 | 30.1 | 29.8 | 30.1 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 12.8 |
1. Population figures used for each local authority are the latest mid-year estimates published by NRS (in this case 2010).
2. Further information on how this data was calculated is available in Annex Section A.7.
3. A partial survey was completed for Highland - see Annex A.11.
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