Housing in ML3 7FT
What the homes in ML3 7FT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hamilton Centre, Low Parks and Ferniegar
- Council
- South Lanarkshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,160 (2024)
ML3 7FTSouth Lanarkshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (37.7%). Flats make up 20.6%, well below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
82.9% of households in the ML3 7FT area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 9.9% of households, below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 25% own outright and 57.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned82.9%62.4%
- Shared ownership2.4%0.9%
- Private rented9.9%12.9%
- Social rented2.8%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.6%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. 29% 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 (31.3%). 32.9% 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 ML3 7FT (Hamilton Centre, Low Parks and Ferniegar) (about 1,160 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.