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Glasgow City Region

This page shows both household trends for local authorities in the Glasgow City Region, and further down the page projected households by type.

Household trends for Glasgow City Region local authoritiesHH trnd GCR LAsThe number of households has increased in every local authority in the Glasgow City Region in the last two decades. In Glasgow, household numbers have risen by more than 26,000 (10%) since 2001, while South Lanarkshire had the largest proportionate increase in households over this period of 18%.

Notes

For Glasgow City an adjustment has been made to remove additional student halls of residence from the household count. This affects 2012 to 2021. Further information can be obtained from the NRS household estimates publication.

Households by type across Glasgow City RegionHHs GCR 2018Glasgow has the highest proportion of single-adult households (44%) in the city region. In contrast, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire have considerably lower proportions of single-adult and single-parent households and more households with two or more adults.

Notes

These projections are forecasts based on a range of assumptions about underlying demographics and therefore should be considered with caution.The projections shown are the NRS principal projections.

For more detailed information go to the NRS household projections publication.

Further reading under ‘Households’