Housing Tenancy by Ethnicity, Census 2022

Please click the tabs to see the data for each local authority, and for Scotland as a whole. Each chart shows the proportion of each ethnic group in different housing categories, and the table below shows the actual figures alongside percentages.

Note: People living rent-free are not shown on the charts because it is such a small proportion (see tables below).

Chart showing proportion of each ethnic group in each housing category for Aberdeen City, Census 2022.
Aberdeen City Owned Outright Mortgage Social Rented Private RentedLiving Rent Free Total
White Scot/Brit50,81831%55,79434%34,27621%20,48713%1,7621.1%163,136100%
Ethnic Minorities (total)4,1338%17,17433%10,03319%20,89440%3630.7%52,600100%
Other White1,6887%7,22230%6,80128%8,33034%1650.7%24,206100%
Mixed or Multiple48713%1,39137%58315%1,29434%300.8%3,783100%
Asian1,39111%5,56445%1,28110%4,16633%940.8%12,496100%
African2123%1,97024%7439%5,24964%230.3%8,196100%
Caribbean or Black398%13326%8717%24548%–0%507100%
Other3199%89526%54016%1,61047%501.5%3,413100%
All People54,95125%72,96834%44,30921%41,38119%2,1251%215,736100%
Table showing proportion of each ethnic group in each housing category for Aberdeen City, Census 2022.
Chart showing proportion of each ethnic group in each housing category for Aberdeenshire, Census 2022.
AberdeenshireOwned OutrightMortgageSocial RentedPrivate RentedLiving Rent FreeTotal
White Scot/Brit87,33536%101,02742%30,38613%19,1488%3,2651.4%241,164100%
Ethnic Minorities (total)3,10615%9,79448%3,34716%4,03620%2711.3%20,553100%
Other White1,78514%5,75145%2,58920%2,56320%2051.6%12,894100%
Mixed or Multiple36518%1,11454%22911%33516%211%2,064100%
Asian65122%1,57954%2228%45315%200.7%2,929100%
African1088%84965%937%25219%80.6%1,306100%
Caribbean or Black3715%9738%3815%8031%–0%254100%
Other16015%40236%18016%34932%151.4%1,102100%
All People90,44135%110,82142%33,73313%23,1849%3,5361.4%261,717100%
Table showing proportion of each ethnic group in each housing category for Aberdeenshire, Census 2022.
Chart showing proportion of each ethnic group in each housing category for Moray, Census 2022.
MorayOwned OutrightMortgageSocial RentedPrivate Rented Living Rent FreeTotal
White Scot/Brit30,68836%29,19234%15,17618%9,50111%1,2811.5%85,838100%
Ethnic Minorities (total)1,12420%1,71031%1,05719%1,50727%1132.1%5,511100%
Other White67120%1,09332%62218%95528%812.4%3,423100%
Mixed or Multiple13520%19830%16825%16224%71%670100%
Asian22026%27432%11814%21425%252.9%855100%
African1411%3325%3224%5340%–0%132100%
Caribbean or Black2728%2122%2526%2425%–0%95100%
Other6118%8525%9127%9929%–0%336100%
All People31,81235%30,90234%16,23318%11,00812%1,3941.5%91,349100%
Table showing proportion of each ethnic group in each housing category for Moray, Census 2022.
Chart showing proportion of each ethnic group in each housing category for Scotland as a whole, Census 2022.
ScotlandOwned OutrightMortgageSocial RentedPrivate RentedLiving Rent FreeTotal
White Scot/Brit1,482,41932%1,713,29137%949,16520%469,33410%52,0431.1%4,666,252100%
Ethnic Minorities (total)94,67114%234,47035%131,73420%194,01429%10,6291.6%665,513100%
Other White41,52914%105,63535%57,18919%94,58131%3,4201.1%302,354100%
Mixed or Multiple8,44014%23,53140%11,09319%14,78225%7241.2%58,570100%
Asian35,95118%81,07042%23,91112%50,38726%3,4551.8%194,774100%
African2,2674%11,40420%22,81341%18,33433%1,4322.5%56,250100%
Caribbean or Black76312%1,66226%1,88529%1,97731%1572.4%6,447100%
Other5,71712%11,16824%14,84532%13,95330%1,4413.1%47,122100%
All People1,577,09030%1,947,76137%1,080,89920%663,34812%62,6721.2%5,331,765100%
Table showing proportion of each ethnic group in each housing category for Scotland as a whole, Census 2022.

Data Source:  2022, Census table UV201 and UV403. Link.

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