Evidence library

A summary of the key findings from the Scottish Household Survey 2021 telephone survey.

Key findings:

• Levels of formal volunteering have remained stable since 2020, with 27% of respondents in 2021 having volunteered for an organisation or group in the previous 12 months
• People living in higher-income households and less deprived areas (as defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation – SIMD) are more likely to volunteer than those from lower-income households and more deprived areas.
• Volunteering is more common in rural areas: 33% of respondents living in rural areas had volunteered, compared with 26% of those living in urban areas
• People who identified as 'White: Other British' were most likely to volunteer (34%)

Data tables: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-household-survey-2021-telephone-survey-key-findings/documents/