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Housing in EH11 3BL

What the homes in EH11 3BL are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Stenhouse and Saughton Mains
Council
City of Edinburgh
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
1,304 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (90.3%). Flats make up 94.7%, more than double the 34.4% across Scotland.

EH11 3BLScotland
Detached1%23.9%
Semi-detached3.2%23.3%
Terraced1.2%18.2%
Purpose-built flat90.3%32.4%
Flat in a converted or shared house2.2%1.6%
Flat in a commercial or converted building2.2%0.4%
Caravan or mobile home0.2%0.2%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

27.4% of households in the EH11 3BL area own their home, less than half the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 38.6% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 13.7% own outright and 13.7% with a mortgage.

EH11 3BL
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39%
32%
Scotland
  • Owned27.4%62.4%
  • Shared ownership1.9%0.9%
  • Private rented38.6%12.9%
  • Social rented32.1%22.5%
  • Lives rent free1.2%1.4%

By mortgage and landlord type

EH11 3BLScotland
Owned outright13.7%33.9%
With a mortgage or loan13.7%28.4%
From a private landlord or letting agent36.9%12.4%
Other private rented1.4%0.5%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 1.7 people living in it. 50.8% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.

EH11 3BLScotland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (37.3%). 10.4% of households include dependent children.

EH11 3BLScotland
Living alone, under 6637.3%22.8%
Living alone, 66 and over12.1%14.3%
Couple, no children19.3%17.4%
Couple with dependent children7.7%16.3%
Couple with grown-up children1.9%6%
Lone parent with dependent children2.7%5.8%
Lone parent with grown-up children3.9%4.1%
Family, all aged 66 and over2.1%8.7%
Sharers and other households10.4%4.7%
Rents

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.

ScotlandScotland
All homes£1,013£1,013
One bedroom£702£702
Two bedrooms£911£911
Three bedrooms£1,172£1,172
Four or more£1,941£1,941
Detached£1,555£1,555
Semi-detached£1,077£1,077
Terraced£1,004£1,004
Flat or maisonette£840£840
About these figures

Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around EH11 3BL (Stenhouse and Saughton Mains) (about 1,304 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.

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