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Housing in EH6 5AA

What the homes in EH6 5AA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Great Junction Street
Council
City of Edinburgh
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
623 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (90.6%). Flats make up 96.5%, more than double the 34.4% across Scotland.

EH6 5AAScotland
Detached0.3%23.9%
Semi-detached0.3%23.3%
Terraced0.9%18.2%
Purpose-built flat90.6%32.4%
Flat in a converted or shared house5%1.6%
Flat in a commercial or converted building0.9%0.4%
Caravan or mobile home0%0.2%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

38.3% of households in the EH6 5AA area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 34.8% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 15.3% own outright and 23% with a mortgage.

EH6 5AA
38%
35%
26%
Scotland
  • Owned38.3%62.4%
  • Shared ownership0.3%0.9%
  • Private rented34.8%12.9%
  • Social rented26.3%22.5%
  • Lives rent free0.3%1.4%

By mortgage and landlord type

EH6 5AAScotland
Owned outright15.3%33.9%
With a mortgage or loan23%28.4%
From a private landlord or letting agent35.1%12.4%
Other private rented0.3%0.5%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 46.6% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.

EH6 5AAScotland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (37.5%). 14.2% of households include dependent children.

EH6 5AAScotland
Living alone, under 6637.5%22.8%
Living alone, 66 and over8.6%14.3%
Couple, no children19.2%17.4%
Couple with dependent children10%16.3%
Couple with grown-up children0.3%6%
Lone parent with dependent children4.1%5.8%
Lone parent with grown-up children2.7%4.1%
Family, all aged 66 and over1.5%8.7%
Sharers and other households15.6%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 EH6 5AA (Great Junction Street) (about 623 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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