GCHSCP Demographics and Needs Profile

Homelessness

Table 30 shows a number of key homelessness indicators related to children, adults and households for Glasgow and Scotland.

		Area
Indicator		Glasgow City	Scotland	Other information/notes
Children associated with applications assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness (no. of children)		2,319	16,263	Glasgow number is 14.3% of Scottish total compared to Glasgow's 10.8% share of Scotland's 0-15 years population.
Homeless applications - number of children in temporary accommodation		2,855	9,595	Glasgow number is 29.8% of Scottish total compared to Glasgow's 10.8% share of Scotland's 0-15 years population.
Assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness (number of households/applications)	no.	5,339	32,242	Glasgow applications associated with 6,093 adults in total (Scotland - 36,848)
	rate per 10,000 adult popn.	178	126
Assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness, with at least 1 support need (number of households/ applications)	no.	2,624	16,557	Glasgow number is 15.8% of Scottish total
	% of all homeless households in area	49.1%	51.4%
Households in temporary accommodation (number of households/applications)		3,207	15,039	Glasgow number is 21.3% of Scottish total
Households assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness securing settled accommodation, where contact was maintained (% of known outcomes)	no.	3,260	20,860
	%	75.1%	82.6%

^{_{Source: Scottish Government Homelessness Statistics 2022/23 and as at 31 March 2023}}

Key Points (Table 30)

2,391 Glasgow children were associated with homelessness applications in 2022/23, representing a disproportionately high percentage of 14.3% of the national total number of children associated with homelessness applications (compared to Glasgow's 10.8% share of Scotland's child population).
2,855 Glasgow children were homeless and living in temporary accommodation, representing a disproportionately high 29.8% of the national total (compared to Glasgow's 10.8% share of Scotland's child population).
5,339 homelessness applications in Glasgow were assessed as (the applicants being) homeless or threatened with homelessness with almost half of these (49.1%) involving people with one or more support need (2,624).
The rate of adults assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness is more than 40% higher for Glasgow (178 per 10,000 population) than Scotland (126).
There were 3,207 households in temporary accommodation in Glasgow in 2022/23 - a disproportionately high 21.3% of the national total of households in temporary accommodation, when compared to Glasgow's 11.8% share of all Scotland's households.
75.1% (3,260) of Glasgow households assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness (where contact was maintained and outcomes were known) secured settled accommodation compared to 82.6% of Scottish households.