Housing in DD3 7BL
What the homes in DD3 7BL are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hilltown
- Council
- Dundee City
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 879 (2024)
DD3 7BLDundee City
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (60.4%). Flats make up 63.3%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
18.9% of households in the DD3 7BL area own their home, less than half the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 22.1% of households, well above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 9.6% own outright and 9.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned18.9%62.4%
- Shared ownership4.8%0.9%
- Private rented22.1%12.9%
- Social rented54%22.5%
- Lives rent free0.8%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 41.2% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (29.5%). 31.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Scotland
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Scotland (August 2026, +1.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around DD3 7BL (Hilltown) (about 879 residents).
Source: Scotland's Census 2022, National Records of Scotland. Population: NRS small-area estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.