Housing in HS6 5BB
What the homes in HS6 5BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Benbecula and North Uist
- Council
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 797 (2024)
HS6 5BBNa h-Eileanan Siar
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (76.9%). Flats make up 1.6%, less than half the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
77.5% of households in the HS6 5BB area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 8.2% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 63.9% own outright and 13.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned77.5%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.2%0.9%
- Private rented8.2%12.9%
- Social rented12.4%22.5%
- Lives rent free2.8%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 43.8% 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%). 11.6% 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 HS6 5BB (Benbecula and North Uist) (about 797 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.