Local Authority Total And Vacant Housing Stock, Scotland, March 2024

18th December 2024

There were 11,751 local authority housing stock units vacant as of 31 March 2024.

There were 325,477 local authority housing stock units as of March 2024. 3.6% of the total local authority stock was vacant, however this includes stock that will be demolished or cannot be currently let as it needs modernisation.

1.9% (5,640) of normally used for permanent lettings was vacant.
10.0% (783) of stock used for temporary accommodation for homeless households was vacant.

3% (452) of stock in low demand areas was vacant.
most of the stock earmarked for demolition (99%) and modernisation (95%) was vacant.

Since 2017 there have been increases in the total vacancy rate (2.0% to 3.6%) as well as the normal use of stock vacancy rate (0.8% to 1.9%).