Housing in TD6 9SU
What the homes in TD6 9SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Melrose Darnick Gattonside and Newstead
- Council
- Scottish Borders
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 780 (2024)
TD6 9SUScottish Borders
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (38.2%). Flats make up 25.8%, below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
74.7% of households in the TD6 9SU area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 15.4% of households, above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 55.3% own outright and 19.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned74.7%62.4%
- Shared ownership0%0.9%
- Private rented15.4%12.9%
- Social rented8.1%22.5%
- Lives rent free2%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. 37.9% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is a family all aged 66 or over (23%). 17.7% 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 TD6 9SU (Melrose Darnick Gattonside and Newstead) (about 780 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.