Dundee City 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 Dundee City had 1,012* LTE homes in 2024. The table below shows how these LTE homes are distributed across the Local Authority area.
• 1.32% of Dundee’s homes were LTE empty in 2024, compared to 1.80% in Scotland as a whole.
• 54.93% (557) of Dundee’s LTE homes have been empty for longer than one year**.
• Dundee accounts for 1.76% of homes empty for more than 1 year in Scotland.
Dundee’s Empty Homes Officer:
Michelle Morrison [email protected]
Please click on the map above to go to the Statistics.Gov.UK page for Dundee City. 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 Dundee LTE homes | % of Dundee Homes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Centre | 76 | -17 | 2.93% | 7.51% | 3.38% |
| 2 | Stobswell | 69 | -17 | 1.93% | 6.82% | 4.66% |
| 3 | The Glens | 68 | +4 | 2.12% | 6.72% | 4.19% |
| 4 | Hilltown | 66 | +1 | 2.03% | 6.72% | 4.19% |
| 5 | Logie and Blackness | 54 | -18 | 1.66% | 5.34% | 4.25% |
| 6 | Docks and Wellgate | 49 | -24 | 1.59% | 4.84% | 4.01% |
| 7 | Lochee | 48 | +14 | 1.57% | 4.74% | 3.99% |
| 8 | Broughty Ferry West | 46 | -3 | 1.67% | 4.55% | 3.59% |
| 9 | Law | 44 | +9 | 1.47% | 4.35% | 3.91% |
| 10 | Menzieshill | 42 | +22 | 1.78% | 4.15% | 3.08% |
| 11 | Westend | 41 | -9 | 1.49% | 4.05% | 3.59% |
| 12 | Perth Road | 39 | -30 | 1.12% | 3.85% | 4.52% |
| 13 | Linlathen and Midcraigie | 36 | +5 | 1.47% | 3.56% | 3.19% |
| 14 | Charleston | 36 | +13 | 1.60% | 3.56% | 2.94% |
| 15 | Douglas West | 28 | -9 | 1.19% | 2.77% | 3.07% |
| 16 | Whitfield | 27 | -5 | 0.91% | 2.67% | 3.87% |
| 17 | Ardler and St Marys | 26 | +5 | 0.90% | 2.57% | 3.75% |
| 18 | Fairmuir | 24 | +7 | 1.31% | 2.37% | 2.39% |
| 19 | Craigie and Craigiebank | 22 | -13 | 0.95% | 2.17% | 3.01% |
| 20 | West Ferry | 22 | +7 | 1.51% | 2.17% | 1.90% |
| 21 | Barnhill | 21 | +8 | 0.97% | 2.08% | 2.81% |
| 22 | Douglas East | 19 | +4 | 1.36% | 1.88% | 1.82% |
| 23 | Fintry | 17 | -3 | 0.62% | 1.68% | 3.56% |
| 24 | Caird Park | 15 | +5 | 1.01% | 1.48% | 1.93% |
| 25 | Kirkton | 15 | +3 | 0.87% | 1.48% | 2.25% |
| 26 | Downfield | 15 | +1 | 0.66% | 1.48% | 2.96% |
| 27 | Baxter Park | 13 | -4 | 0.87% | 1.28% | 1.95% |
| 28 | Balgay | 12 | -6 | 0.62% | 1.19% | 2.51% |
| 29 | Western Edge | 8 | -2 | 0.38% | 0.79% | 2.71% |
| 30 | Broughty Ferry East | 7 | +1 | 0.40% | 0.69% | 2.28% |
| 31 | West Pitkerro | 7 | -4 | 0.25% | 0.69% | 3.71% |
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 Dundee- 1,014
**According to data published by SG
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