Housing in ML5 2DF
What the homes in ML5 2DF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Sunnyside and Cliftonville
- Council
- North Lanarkshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 588 (2024)
ML5 2DFNorth Lanarkshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (62.6%). Flats make up 63%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
60.6% of households in the ML5 2DF area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 6.9% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 27% own outright and 33.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned60.6%62.4%
- Shared ownership0%0.9%
- Private rented6.9%12.9%
- Social rented27.3%22.5%
- Lives rent free2.4%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 41.5% 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 66 or over (21.5%). 19.4% 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 ML5 2DF (Sunnyside and Cliftonville) (about 588 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.