Housing in EH45 8BB
What the homes in EH45 8BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Peebles North
- Council
- Scottish Borders
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 865 (2024)
EH45 8BBScottish Borders
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (49.2%). Flats make up 54.4%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
69.5% of households in the EH45 8BB area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 17.3% of households, above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 50.7% own outright and 18.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned69.5%62.4%
- Shared ownership1.5%0.9%
- Private rented17.3%12.9%
- Social rented12.5%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.1%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.7 people living in it. 55.3% 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 (30.9%). 12.7% 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 EH45 8BB (Peebles North) (about 865 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.