Scotland's Census 2022 - MV412 - Tenure - household by dependent children in household

This dataset provides Census 2022 estimates for tenure - households by dependent children in household in Scotland.

Tenure of household

A classification of whether a household rents or owns the accommodation that it occupies. For rented households, this variable also includes information about the type of landlord who owns or manages the accommodation.

This variable is derived from two questions on the household form on household tenure and landlord.

Household question 12: Does your household own or rent this accommodation?

• Owns with a mortgage or loan
• Owns outright
• Owns with shared equity (for example, LIFT, Help-to-Buy)
• Rents (with or without housing benefit)
• Part owns and part rents (shared ownership)
• Lives rent free

Household question 13: Who is your landlord? (Only asked of households who are renting)

• Council (Local Authority) or Housing Association / Registered Social Landlord
• Private landlord or letting agency
• Other

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here

dependent children in household

A dependent child is any person aged 0 to 15 in a household (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16 to 18 who’s in full-time education and living in a family with his or her parent(s) or grandparent(s). It does not include any people aged 16 to 18 who have a spouse, partner or child living in the household.