Housing in TD1 2RT
What the homes in TD1 2RT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Tweedbank and Galashiels Melrose Gait
- Council
- Scottish Borders
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,251 (2024)
TD1 2RTScottish Borders
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (32%). Flats make up 8.4%, less than half the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
47.1% of households in the TD1 2RT area own their home, below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 7.6% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 12.4% own outright and 34.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned47.1%62.4%
- Shared ownership5.8%0.9%
- Private rented7.6%12.9%
- Social rented39.1%22.5%
- Lives rent free0%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.6 people living in it. 23.1% 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 (28.4%). 45.3% 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 TD1 2RT (Tweedbank and Galashiels Melrose Gait) (about 2,251 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.