Housing in ML7 4EB
What the homes in ML7 4EB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Shotts
- Council
- North Lanarkshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,068 (2024)
ML7 4EBNorth Lanarkshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (36.3%). Flats make up 36.5%, broadly in line with the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
48.4% of households in the ML7 4EB area own their home, below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 8.1% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 27.6% own outright and 20.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned48.4%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.8%0.9%
- Private rented8.1%12.9%
- Social rented40.1%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.1%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. 42.2% 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 (22.9%). 20% 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 ML7 4EB (Shotts) (about 1,068 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.