East Dunbartonshire Local Authority
Please note, this report uses the definition of “long term empty” (LTE) used by National Records Scotland (NRS): “homes empty for 6+ months (and liable for council tax).” Figures published by NRS show that East Dunbartonshire had 331* LTE homes in 2024. The table below shows how these LTE homes are distributed across the Local Authority area.

• 0.68% of East Dunbartonshire’s homes were LTE in 2024, compared to 1.80% in Scotland as a whole.
• 72.69% (189) of East Dunbartonshire’s empty homes have been empty for longer than one year**.
• East Dunbartonshire accounts for 0.60% of homes empty for more than 1 year in Scotland.
Empty homes contacts for East Dunbartonshire:
Julie Isikaiye (Private Sector Housing Officer)
Elaine Anderson (Private Sector Support Assistant)
Please click on the map above to go to the Statistics.Gov.UK page for East Dunbartonshire. You can find out the location of each of the Intermediate Data Zones by clicking on 2011 Intermediate Zones under Locations on that page
Intermediate Data Zones | # LTE Homes | Change 2023-2024 | % of Properties LTE | % of ED LTE homes | % of ED homes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Keystone and Dougalstone | 23 | -3 | 1.11% | 6.95% | 4.28% |
2 | Barloch | 18 | +1 | 1.19% | 5.44% | 3.14% |
3 | Kessington West | 18 | +6 | 1.29% | 5.44% | 2.89% |
4 | South Castlehill and Thorn | 17 | -4 | 1.00% | 5.14% | 3.52% |
5 | Auchinairn | 17 | +2 | 0.64% | 5.14% | 5.47% |
6 | Kirkintilloch South | 17 | +10 | 0.95% | 5.14% | 3.69% |
7 | Kilmardinny West | 16 | +1 | 1.02% | 4.83% | 3.23% |
8 | Bishopbriggs North and Kenmure | 16 | 0 | 0.71% | 4.83% | 4.69% |
9 | Lenzie North | 16 | +4 | 0.73% | 4.83% | 4.53% |
10 | Kirkintilloch West | 16 | +7 | 0.67% | 4.83% | 4.91% |
11 | Bishopbriggs West and Cadder | 15 | -10 | 0.56% | 4.53% | 5.55% |
12 | East Clober and Mains East | 13 | -3 | 0.87% | 3.93% | 3.09% |
13 | Rosebank and Waterside | 13 | +2 | 0.56% | 3.93% | 4.84% |
14 | Westerton East | 12 | +4 | 0.81% | 3.63% | 3.06% |
15 | West Clober and Mains East | 10 | +2 | 0.90% | 3.02% | 2.29% |
16 | Lennoxtown | 10 | -7 | 0.48% | 3.02% | 4.35% |
17 | Twechar and Harestanes East | 9 | +1 | 0.67% | 2.72% | 2.79% |
18 | Harestanes | 9 | +1 | 0.56% | 2.72% | 3.33% |
19 | Kilmardinny East | 8 | 0 | 0.54% | 2.42% | 3.09% |
20 | Lenzie South | 8 | -1 | 0.56% | 2.42% | 2.95% |
21 | North Castlehill and Thorn | 7 | +3 | 0.42% | 2.11% | 3.46% |
22 | Westerton West | 7 | -1 | 0.58% | 2.11% | 2.48% |
23 | Torrance and Balmore | 7 | +1 | 0.59% | 2.11% | 2.45% |
24 | Woodhill West | 7 | -1 | 0.40% | 2.11% | 3.63% |
25 | Hillhead | 7 | 0 | 0.33% | 2.11% | 4.36% |
26 | Kessington East | 6 | +1 | 0.53% | 1.81% | 2.35% |
27 | Milton of Campsie | 5 | 0 | 0.29% | 1.51% | 3.59% |
28 | Woodhill East | 4 | -2 | 0.42% | 1.21% | 1.98% |
Where the % of homes is lower than % of LTE homes, it indicates areas with above average levels of empty homes.
For a full version of this report please contact the partnership’s data analyst at [email protected]
*This differs from the 6+ month empty figure published by Scottish Gov for East Dunbartonshire- 260
**According to data published by SG
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