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Housing in EH45 8EA

What the homes in EH45 8EA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Peebles North
Council
Scottish Borders
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
701 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (52.1%). Flats make up 53.2%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.

EH45 8EAScotland
Detached26%23.9%
Semi-detached18.1%23.3%
Terraced0.8%18.2%
Purpose-built flat52.1%32.4%
Flat in a converted or shared house1.1%1.6%
Flat in a commercial or converted building0%0.4%
Caravan or mobile home0%0.2%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

66% of households in the EH45 8EA area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 9.4% of households, below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 38.5% own outright and 27.5% with a mortgage.

EH45 8EA
66%
28%
Scotland
  • Owned66%62.4%
  • Shared ownership0%0.9%
  • Private rented9.4%12.9%
  • Social rented27.9%22.5%
  • Lives rent free0.4%1.4%

By mortgage and landlord type

EH45 8EAScotland
Owned outright38.5%33.9%
With a mortgage or loan27.5%28.4%
From a private landlord or letting agent8.3%12.4%
Other private rented1.1%0.5%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 41.1% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.

EH45 8EAScotland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (25.3%). 19.6% of households include dependent children.

EH45 8EAScotland
Living alone, under 6625.3%22.8%
Living alone, 66 and over15.1%14.3%
Couple, no children23%17.4%
Couple with dependent children14%16.3%
Couple with grown-up children4.5%6%
Lone parent with dependent children5.7%5.8%
Lone parent with grown-up children3%4.1%
Family, all aged 66 and over9.1%8.7%
Sharers and other households1.9%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 EH45 8EA (Peebles North) (about 701 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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