Angus 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 Angus had 1,302* LTE homes in 2024. The table below shows how these LTE homes are distributed across the Local Authority area.
• 2.22% of Angus’ homes were LTE in 2024, compared to 1.80% in Scotland as a whole.
• 83.86% (1,091) of Angus’ empty homes have been empty for longer than one year**.
• Angus accounts for 3.45% of homes empty for more than 1 year in Scotland.
Empty Homes Contact for Angus:
Please click on the map above to go to the Statistics.Gov.UK page for Angus. 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 | # of LTE Homes | Change 2023- 2024 | % of Properties LTE | % of Angus Long-term empty homes | % of Angus Homes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angus Glens | 152 | +74 | 8.06% | 11.67% | 3.22% |
| 2 | Montrose South | 150 | +18 | 4.68% | 11.52% | 5.47% |
| 3 | Arbroath Harbour | 117 | +2 | 3.93% | 8.99% | 5.09% |
| 4 | Kirriemuir | 86 | +3 | 2.87% | 6.61% | 5.12% |
| 5 | Lunan | 65 | +31 | 4.44% | 4.99% | 2.50% |
| 6 | Brechin East | 62 | +15 | 3.33% | 4.76% | 3.18% |
| 7 | Forfar Central | 60 | +1 | 2.40% | 4.61% | 4.28% |
| 8 | Letham and Glamis | 52 | -2 | 1.83% | 3.99% | 4.85% |
| 9 | Forfar West | 46 | -8 | 1.93% | 3.53% | 4.07% |
| 10 | Brechin West | 45 | -14 | 2.20% | 3.46% | 3.49% |
| 11 | Montrose North | 44 | -10 | 1.86% | 3.38% | 4.05% |
| 12 | Friockheim | 43 | -13 | 2.49% | 3.30% | 2.95% |
| 13 | Carnoustie West | 40 | +1 | 1.49% | 3.07% | 4.58% |
| 14 | Kirriemuir Landward | 39 | +5 | 2.65% | 3.00% | 2.52% |
| 15 | Carnoustie East | 37 | +6 | 1.49% | 2.84% | 4.24% |
| 16 | Arbroath Warddykes | 33 | -9 | 1.46% | 2.53% | 3.86% |
| 17 | Arbroath Keptie | 32 | 0 | 1.71% | 2.46% | 3.19% |
| 18 | Monikie | 31 | -7 | 1.02% | 2.38% | 5.20% |
| 19 | South Angus | 30 | +4 | 1.21% | 2.30% | 4.22% |
| 20 | Arbroath Landward | 25 | +6 | 1.66% | 1.92% | 2.58% |
| 21 | Hillside | 24 | +2 | 1.39% | 1.84% | 2.94% |
| 22 | Arbroath Cliffburn | 23 | -7 | 0.95% | 1.77% | 4.13% |
| 23 | Arbroath Kirkton | 20 | -18 | 0.84% | 1.54% | 4.07% |
| 24 | Monifieth East | 16 | +2 | 0.65% | 1.23% | 4.22% |
| 25 | Forfar East | 16 | -10 | 0.74% | 1.23% | 3.68% |
| 26 | Monifieth West | 14 | +4 | 1.04% | 1.08% | 2.29% |
Where the % of homes is lower than % of long term empty 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 Angus- 1,301
**According to data published by SG
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