Housing in EH51 9BE
What the homes in EH51 9BE are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Bo'ness - town centre
- Council
- Falkirk
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 445 (2024)
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What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (38%). Flats make up 29.1%, below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
81.7% of households in the EH51 9BE area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 6.6% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 46% own outright and 35.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned81.7%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.9%0.9%
- Private rented6.6%12.9%
- Social rented14.1%22.5%
- Lives rent free0.9%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. 31.5% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (18.8%). 20.7% 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 EH51 9BE (Bo'ness - town centre) (about 445 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.