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Figures are presented for homes built on privately led (referred to throughout as private sector), local authority led (referred to as local authority sector) and housing association led (referred to as housing association sector) sites. For the private sector the latest information available is for the quarter ending December 2015. Whilst more up-to-date information is available for local authority and housing association new build, findings for these sectors are mainly presented up to December 2015 to simplify comparisons between sectors.
Chart 1 (see here) shows the number of private sector, social sector and total new homes completed each quarter since 2005, whilst Charts 2 and 3, below, show annual and quarterly trends in starts and completions across all sectors.
Chart 2: Annual all sector new build starts and completions, years to end December, 2006-2015
Chart 2 shows that between 26,000 and 29,000 homes were started each year between 2006 and 2007 (years to end December) whilst completions were slightly lower, around 25,000 to 26,000.
Charts 1 to 3 all clearly show the impact of the recession in the second half of the last decade, with private sector led completions in particular falling throughout 2008 and the start of 2009. Home completions for all sectors fell more gradually between 2010 and 2011, before increasing through 2014 and 2015.
Comparison with the rest of the UK from 2006 to 2015:
As Chart 4 shows, the rate of house building completions in Scotland has been below that of Northern Ireland but above that of England and Wales throughout the 2006 to 2014 period. In 2015, the Northern Ireland rate dropped slightly below that of Scotland for the first time since 2006. The rates in all countries have generally dropped since 2005/06, but have risen over the latest two years in Scotland, England and Wales.
The 15,954 homes completed in Scotland in the year to end December 2015 equates to a rate of 30 per 10,000 population. This is higher than the equivalent rates in England (26), Wales (22) and Northern Ireland (29).
Chart 4: New house building as a rate per 10,000 population for UK countries, years to end December, 2006-2015
The information on new build housing in Scotland is collected and published at local authority level. Map A, below, shows new house building in the year to end December 2015, as a rate per 10,000 population.
In the year to end December 2015 the highest new build rates were observed in Midlothian, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Aberdeenshire and Orkney Islands, and the lowest in Argyll & Bute, Dundee City, Clackmannanshire, and Dumfries & Galloway.
Map A: New build housing - all sector completions: rates per 10,000 population, year to end December 2015