This statistical report provides trend. Household projections are produced by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) every two years. The method and sources of data used for the 2018.
National Records of Scotland (NRS) published the 2022-based Household Projections for Scotland and its administrative areas on 16 December 2025. The projections cover the period from 2022 up to 2047. Due to the increasing uncertainty of projections further into the future, the analysis provided by NRS and this briefing focuses on the first ten.
Household estimates and projections across the UK: user guide Guidance for users about the coherence and comparability of data on household estimates and projections for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Forward projections of the number of households in each local authority area in Scotland up to 2031, by household type and age group. Source agency: National Records of Scotland Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Household Projections for Scotland.
This statistical report provides trend-based projections of the number of households in Scotland and in each Council, National Park and Strategic Development Plan area. The projections include breakdowns by type of household and age of household reference person. Population: household projections Scotland As with the Scottish population, the number of households is projected to increase between 2018 and 2043, from 2.48 to 2.71 million between 2018 and 2043, a rise of 9%.
The average number of persons per household continues to reduce overall. Chart 1 shows the predicted growth between 2018 and 2043 in the percentage of households comprising one adult. Household Projections 25 year projection of households for Council Areas, Health Board Areas, and National Parks.
The data is broken down by the household reference person age and the type of household Resources Additional Info. Forward projections of the number of households in each local authority area in Scotland up to 2031, by household type and age group. Open data for Scotland principal and variant projections.
Single year of age and sex with underlying data.
