Scotland's Census 2022 - MV407 - Number of cars or vans by accomodation type - households by household size

This dataset provides Census 2022 estimates for number of cars or vans by accomodation type - households by household size in Scotland.

Cars or vans, number of

The number of cars or vans that are owned or available for use by members of a household.

This includes:

  • Company cars and vans that are available for private use.
  • Caravans and campervans
  • Pickups and minibuses
  • Cars or vans that are temporarily not working (as long as a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) declaration has not been made for them).

This does not include:

  • Motorbikes or motorcycles
  • Company cars that can only be used for work purposes
  • Vehicles for which a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) declaration has been made

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here

Accommodation type

The type of accommodation used or available for use by an individual household. Examples include:

  • the whole of a terraced house
  • a flat in a purpose-built block of flats
  • a temporary or mobile structure

This variable is derived from question on the household form:

Household question 7: What type of accommodation is this?

  • A whole house or bungalow that is:
    • detached
    • semi-detached
    • terraced (including end-terrace)
  • A flat, maisonette, or apartment that is:
    • in a tenement or purpose-built block of flats (including '4-in-a-block')
    • part of a converted or shared house (including bed-sits)
    • in a commercial building (for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop)
  • A mobile or temporary structure:
    • a caravan or other mobile or temporary structure

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here

Household

A household is defined as:

one person living alone, or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room, or dining area This includes:

all sheltered accommodation units in an establishment (irrespective of whether there are other communal facilities), and all people living in caravans on any type of site that is their usual residence; this will include anyone who has no other usual residence elsewhere in the UK A household must contain at least one person whose place of usual residence is at the address. A group of short-term residents living together is not classified as a household, and neither is a group of people at an address where only visitors are staying.

The quality assurance report can be found here

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated November 10, 2025, 09:52 (GMT)
Created November 10, 2025, 09:52 (GMT)
Visibility Public
Year 2022
Topics Accommodation and housing
Transport
Units Households
Geographic Layer Output Areas
Frequency Decennial
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-2021-1
Citation Office for National Statistics; National Records of Scotland; Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; UK Data Service. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-2021-1
Geographical Coverage Location Scotland
Granularity Output Areas
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