Housing density data for Local Authorities in Scotland in 2011

Table ID:

H_DENS_2011_S     (1250796)

Contents:

Housing density data for Local Authorities in Scotland in 2011

Approx. number of rows:

32

Table type:

Raw Data

Documentation Author:

Paula Aucott

Chronology:

The data are for the single year 2011.

Sources:

1. This table combines two complete tables in the 2011 Quick Statistics release: Table QS409SC, "Persons per room - Households" and Table QS410SC, "Persons per room - People". They were downloaded from the Scotland's Census website on 2nd August 2016, and assembled into a single file.

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Notes:

1. The data contained a caveat about accuracy due to data protection. This may affect results from the check sums: "In order to protect against disclosure of personal information, some records have been swapped between different geographic areas. Some cell values will be affected, particularly small values at the most detailed geographies." More details on Census disclosure control strategy may be found on their page about Confidentiality.
2. This table covers local authority units which in Scotland are Scottish Council Areas.
3. In March 2021 the name of the table was updated from hous_2011_s to be h_dens_2011_s to more accurately reflect the content.

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Checking:

1. The statistical data have not been checked.
2. The geographical units have been cross-checked against the GBHGIS administrative unit gazetteer to ensure that all units are correctly identified. Each unit has a unique unit ID assigned to it and this can be used to cross-reference against other data-sets.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
h_dens_2011_s_pkey	Primary key	lau_name
h_dens_2011_s_g_unit_idx	Unique	g_unit

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Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

Constraint	Type	Details
h_dens_2011_s_pkey	Primary Key	See details above for primary key index

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
lau_name	Text string (max.len.=104).	Name of the Local Authority as it appeared in the original table.
g_unit	Integer number.	Unique ID number for local authority unit from the auo gazetteer.
tot_hous	Integer number.	Count of all households
h_u_50	Integer number.	Number of householdsliving at less than and up to 0.5 persons per room.
h_50_1	Integer number.	Number of householdsliving at 0.5 and over and up to 1.0 persons per room.
h1_1_5	Integer number.	Number of householdsliving at over 1 and up to 1.5 persons per room.
h1_5_up	Integer number.	Number of householdsliving at over 1.5 persons per room.
pop_hous	Integer number.	Count of all people in households.
p_u_50	Integer number.	Total population in all households living at less than and up to 0.5 persons per room.
p_50_1	Integer number.	Total population in all households living at 0.5 and over and up to 1.0 persons per room.
p1_1_5	Integer number.	Total population in all households living at over 1 and up to 1.5 persons per room.
p1_5_up	Integer number.	Total population in all households living at over 1.5 persons per room.
rec_num	Integer number.	Unique number identifying row in table.