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)		2,591	14,372	Glasgow number is 18.0% of Scottish total compared to Glasgow's 11.0% share of Scotland's 0-15 years population.
Homeless applications - number of children in temporary accommodation		2,825	8,635	Glasgow number is 32.7% of Scottish total compared to Glasgow's 11.0% share of Scotland's 0-15 years population.
Assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness (number of households/applications)	no.	5,701	28,882	Glasgow applications associated with 6,460 adults in total (Scotland - 32,592)
	rate per 100,000 adult population.	1,065	632
Assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness, with at least 1 support need (number of households/ applications)	no.	2,820	15,036	Glasgow number is 18.8% of Scottish total
	rate per 100,000 adult population.	527	329
Households in temporary accommodation (number of households/applications)		3,009	13,945	Glasgow number is 21.6% of Scottish total
Households assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness securing settled accommodation, where contact was maintained (% of known outcomes)	no.	3,675	20,685
	%	75.5%	81.9%

^{_{Source: Scottish Government Homelessness Statistics 2021/22 and as at 31 March 2022}}

Key Points (Table 30)

2,591 Glasgow children were associated with homelessness applications in 2021/22, representing a disproportionately high percentage of 18.0% of the national total number of children associated with homelessness applications (compared to Glasgow's 11.0% share of Scotland's child population).
2,825 Glasgow children were homeless and living in temporary accommodation, representing a disproportionately high 32.7% of the national total (compared to Glasgow's 11.0% share of Scotland's child population).
5,701 homelessness applications in Glasgow were assessed as (the applicants being) homeless or threatened with homelessness with almost half of these (49.5%) involving people with one or more support need (2,820).
The rate of adults assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness is almost 70% higher for Glasgow (1,065 per 100,000 population) than Scotland (632).
There were 3,009 households in temporary accommodation in Glasgow in 2021/22 - a disproportionately high 21.6% of the national total of households in temporary accommodation, when compared to Glasgow's 11.8% share of all Scotland's households.