Housing in FK2 7US
What the homes in FK2 7US are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Falkirk - Merchiston and New Carron Village
- Council
- Falkirk
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 753 (2024)
FK2 7USFalkirk
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (56%). Flats make up 32.5%, broadly in line with the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
75.5% of households in the FK2 7US area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 18.8% of households, well above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 28.2% own outright and 47.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned75.5%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.4%0.9%
- Private rented18.8%12.9%
- Social rented5.4%22.5%
- Lives rent free0%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 31% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (23.1%). 24.9% 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 FK2 7US (Falkirk - Merchiston and New Carron Village) (about 753 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.