What it estimates to be the size of the Gypsy/Traveller communities, broken down by local authority area.

The estimated total population of Gypsy/Traveller communities for Scotland is 2,120. Estimated figures by local authority areas are shown in the table below.
Local Authority
Estimated Number
of Households
Estimated Gypsy/
Traveller Population
Aberdeen
34
105
Aberdeenshire
20
62
Angus
14
43
Argyll and Bute
17
53
Clackmannanshire
4
12
Dumfries and Galloway
63
195
Dundee
20
62
East Ayrshire
16
50
East Dunbartonshire
0
0
East Renfrewshire
0
0
East/ Midlothian
6
19
Edinburgh
31
96
Eilean Siar
0
0
Falkirk
31
96
Fife
91
282
Glasgow
0
0
Highland
66
205
Inverclyde
23
71
Moray
14
43
North Ayrshire
10
31
North Lanarkshire
2
6
Orkney
0
0
Perth and Kinross
41
127
Renfrewshire
11
34
Scottish Borders
12
37
Shetland
0
0
South Ayrshire
9
28
South Lanarkshire
92
285
Stirling
4
12
West Dunbartonshire
23
71
West Lothian
30
93
Estimated Total
684 (a)
2,120 (b)
(a) The estimated household figures in the table are based on a count undertaken by the Scottish Government in July 2009.
(b) The average household size across all council/registered Social Landlord sites was 3.1. This average of 3.1 has been applied as a working assumption to the number of caravans on unauthorised encampments and private sites to estimate the total population of Gypsies/Travellers living on sites in Scotland.