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Housing in EH7 4FF

What the homes in EH7 4FF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Hillside and Calton Hill
Council
City of Edinburgh
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
508 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (97.7%). Flats make up 98.4%, more than double the 34.4% across Scotland.

EH7 4FFScotland
Detached0%23.9%
Semi-detached0.5%23.3%
Terraced0.9%18.2%
Purpose-built flat97.7%32.4%
Flat in a converted or shared house0.7%1.6%
Flat in a commercial or converted building0%0.4%
Caravan or mobile home0%0.2%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

47.2% of households in the EH7 4FF area own their home, below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 41.5% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 23.5% own outright and 23.7% with a mortgage.

EH7 4FF
47%
41%
Scotland
  • Owned47.2%62.4%
  • Shared ownership0.2%0.9%
  • Private rented41.5%12.9%
  • Social rented10.4%22.5%
  • Lives rent free1.8%1.4%

By mortgage and landlord type

EH7 4FFScotland
Owned outright23.5%33.9%
With a mortgage or loan23.7%28.4%
From a private landlord or letting agent41.2%12.4%
Other private rented0.9%0.5%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 1.6 people living in it. 53.9% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.

EH7 4FFScotland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (47%). 8.1% of households include dependent children.

EH7 4FFScotland
Living alone, under 6647%22.8%
Living alone, 66 and over7.6%14.3%
Couple, no children24%17.4%
Couple with dependent children6%16.3%
Couple with grown-up children2.5%6%
Lone parent with dependent children2.1%5.8%
Lone parent with grown-up children1.4%4.1%
Family, all aged 66 and over0.5%8.7%
Sharers and other households12.7%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 EH7 4FF (Hillside and Calton Hill) (about 508 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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