Housing in EH33 2BB
What the homes in EH33 2BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Tranent South
- Council
- East Lothian
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 717 (2024)
EH33 2BBEast Lothian
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (36.7%). Flats make up 30.6%, broadly in line with the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
36.2% of households in the EH33 2BB area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 2.6% of households, less than half the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 17.6% own outright and 18.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned36.2%62.4%
- Shared ownership1.8%0.9%
- Private rented2.6%12.9%
- Social rented57.9%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.3%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 43.6% 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 66 or over (24.2%). 19.6% 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 EH33 2BB (Tranent South) (about 717 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.