What the average age of (a) private and (b) local authority housing stock is in each local authority area.

The following tables show Scottishhousing stock by sector and year of construction. The data are collected using bandsfor the year of construction, and the mean age reported is therefore an approximateestimate of the average age. Table 1 shows the Scotland level figures for localauthority and private sector stock, while table 2 shows the figures for local authoritystock by local authority area. This information is not currently available at localauthority level for private sector stock due to the sample size of the 1996 ScottishHouse Condition Survey. It will be available for the 2001 Scottish House ConditionSurvey due to be published later this year.
Table 1:Estimated Age of Housing Stock (Scotland)

| Stock by Date of Construction (%)
| Estimated Mean Age (Years)

Pre-1919
| 1919-44
| 1945-64
| 1965-82
| Post-1982

All local authority stock1
| 3
| 23
| 37
| 34
| 4
| 47

All private stock2
| 30
| 13
| 19
| 24
| 14
| 54

Owner occupied
| 27
| 14
| 20
| 25
| 15
| 52

Private rented
| 59
| 10
| 12
| 12
| 8
| 69

Sources:
1. Scottish Executive DevelopmentDepartment Stock 1 returns for March 2003.
2. 1996 Scottish House Condition Survey.
Table 2: Estimated Age ofLocal Authority Housing Stock in Scotland by Local Authority

| Estimated Mean Age (Years)

All local authority stock
| 47

Aberdeen City
| 47

Aberdeenshire
| 33

Angus
| 45

Argyll and Bute
| 39

Clackmannanshire
| 47

Dumfries and Galloway
| 45

Dundee City
| 49

East Ayrshire
| 51

East Dunbartonshire
| 51

East Lothian
| 52

East Renfrewshire
| 49

Edinburgh, City of
| 47

Eilean Siar
| 38

Falkirk
| 51

Fife
| 48

Glasgow City
| 49

Highland
| 44

Inverclyde
| 46

Midlothian
| 46

Moray
| 40

North Ayrshire
| 48

North Lanarkshire
| 49

Orkney
| 34