See background information on Urban rural classification for details on how this analysis is conducted.
This chart shows for titles with an owner address outwith UK:
- 80% were in urban areas of Scotland
- 20% were in rural areas of Scotland
For context:
- in terms of land area, urban areas account for 2.2% of Scotland and rural areas account for 97.8%.
- in terms of population, urban areas account for 83% and rural areas account for 17% (Scottish Government 2016 urban rural classification).
- the urban rural split for all property sales in Scotland in 2021-22 was 84% urban and 16% rural - see our property market report 2021-22 for further information.
This chart shows that around four out of five titles with an owner address outwith UK were in urban areas of Scotland (online table 9).
Percentage of titles with owner address outwith UK by 2-fold urban rural classification as at 31 December 2022
The chart shows, for each local authority, the percentage of outwith UK titles and the percentage of land areas that are urban and rural based on the 2-fold urban rural classification.
The figure shows that:
- Glasgow City and Dundee City have a high land area percentage that is urban (87% and 83% urban respectively)
- the focus of outwith UK titles in Glasgow City and Dundee City is in urban areas (99% of titles in urban areas in both local authorities)
- the percentage of land area that is urban is relatively lower in City of Edinburgh and Aberdeen City (51% and 46% urban respectively)
- the focus of outwith UK titles in City of Edinburgh and Aberdeen City remain nearly all in urban areas (99% and 97%)
- for local authorities with a lower percentage of urban land area (between 15% and 30%) the percentage of outwith UK titles in urban areas remains high (between 83% and 99%).
- Clackmannanshire can be seen to be an outlier given the percentage of its land area that is urban and the low number of outwith UK titles involved. There are 135 titles in Clackmannanshire with an owner address outwith the UK. 87 of these titles are in urban areas and 48 in rural areas.
This graph shows the focus of outwith UK titles is in urban areas. Online table 17 gives a breakdown of land area by 2-fold urban rural classification and local authority.
Percentage of titles with owner address outwith UK by local authority and urban rural classification using SG UR 2-fold 2016 as at 31 December 2022
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