Housing in ML3 8BA
What the homes in ML3 8BA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Woodhead, Meikle Earnock and Fairhill
- Council
- South Lanarkshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 778 (2024)
ML3 8BASouth Lanarkshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (51.5%). Flats make up 51.9%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
28.7% of households in the ML3 8BA area own their home, less than half the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 5.2% of households, less than half the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 13.6% own outright and 15.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned28.7%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.3%0.9%
- Private rented5.2%12.9%
- Social rented63.3%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.5%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. 34.3% 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 (25%). 29.9% 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 8BA (Woodhead, Meikle Earnock and Fairhill) (about 778 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.