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Housing in EH43 6BA

What the homes in EH43 6BA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Tweeddale East
Council
Scottish Borders
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
692 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (45.9%). Flats make up 50.1%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.

EH43 6BAScotland
Detached15%23.9%
Semi-detached17.6%23.3%
Terraced15.7%18.2%
Purpose-built flat45.9%32.4%
Flat in a converted or shared house3.9%1.6%
Flat in a commercial or converted building0.3%0.4%
Caravan or mobile home0%0.2%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

64.8% of households in the EH43 6BA area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 12.6% of households, broadly in line with the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 37.8% own outright and 27% with a mortgage.

EH43 6BA
65%
13%
22%
Scotland
  • Owned64.8%62.4%
  • Shared ownership0.5%0.9%
  • Private rented12.6%12.9%
  • Social rented22%22.5%
  • Lives rent free0.8%1.4%

By mortgage and landlord type

EH43 6BAScotland
Owned outright37.8%33.9%
With a mortgage or loan27%28.4%
From a private landlord or letting agent10.8%12.4%
Other private rented1.3%0.5%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 48.6% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.

EH43 6BAScotland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (27.8%). 18.9% of households include dependent children.

EH43 6BAScotland
Living alone, under 6627.8%22.8%
Living alone, 66 and over22.6%14.3%
Couple, no children18.6%17.4%
Couple with dependent children13.4%16.3%
Couple with grown-up children4.7%6%
Lone parent with dependent children5.5%5.8%
Lone parent with grown-up children1.8%4.1%
Family, all aged 66 and over7.3%8.7%
Sharers and other households2.4%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 EH43 6BA (Tweeddale East) (about 692 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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