Housing in EH6 7QA
What the homes in EH6 7QA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Leith (Hermitage and Prospect Bank)
- Council
- City of Edinburgh
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 517 (2024)
EH6 7QACity of Edinburgh
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (47.4%). Flats make up 51.8%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
75.1% of households in the EH6 7QA area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 13.3% of households, broadly in line with the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 36.9% own outright and 38.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned75.1%62.4%
- Shared ownership1.2%0.9%
- Private rented13.3%12.9%
- Social rented11.2%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.2%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 36.5% 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 under 66 (24.5%). 21.7% 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 EH6 7QA (Leith (Hermitage and Prospect Bank)) (about 517 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.