Midlothian 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 Midlothian had 328* LTE homes in 2024. The table below shows how these LTE homes are distributed across the Local Authority area.
• 0.73% of Midlothian’s homes were long term empty in 2024, compared to 1.80% in Scotland as a whole.
• 86.01% (332) of Midlothian’s empty homes have been empty for longer than one year.**
• Midlothian accounts for 1.05% of homes empty for more than 1 year in Scotland.
Midlothian does not have an empty homes officer. For empty homes enquiries please contact 0344 515 1941 or email [email protected]
Please click on the map above to go to the Statistics.Gov.UK page for Midlothian. 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 Midlothian LTE homes | % of Midlothian Homes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rural South Midlothian | 37 | 0 | 1.87% | 11.28% | 4.40% |
| 2 | Shawfair | 28 | +3 | 1.04% | 8.54% | 5.98% |
| 3 | Dalkeith | 24 | -4 | 1.42% | 7.32% | 3.75% |
| 4 | Pathhead and Rural East Midlothian | 24 | -11 | 0.70% | 7.32% | 7.57% |
| 5 | Mayfield | 20 | +4 | 0.96% | 6.10% | 4.66% |
| 6 | Penicuik Southeast | 17 | +11 | 0.86% | 5.18% | 4.41% |
| 7 | Loanhead | 17 | +3 | 0.91% | 5.18% | 4.17% |
| 8 | Roslin and Bilston | 16 | -2 | 0.86% | 4.88% | 4.16% |
| 9 | Gorebridge and Middleton | 15 | +5 | 0.95% | 4.57% | 3.50% |
| 10 | Straiton | 14 | -2 | 1.06% | 4.27% | 2.93% |
| 11 | Newtongrange | 14 | -2 | 0.72% | 4.27% | 4.35% |
| 12 | Pentland | 13 | +5 | 0.52% | 3.96% | 5.51% |
| 13 | Thornybank | 13 | -10 | 0.59% | 3.96% | 4.88% |
| 14 | Eskbank | 11 | -7 | 0.48% | 3.35% | 5.12% |
| 15 | Bonnyrigg North | 10 | -6 | 0.38% | 3.05% | 5.87% |
| 16 | Newbattle and Dalhousie | 10 | +9 | 0.27% | 3.05% | 8.09% |
| 17 | North Gorebridge | 10 | +5 | 0.60% | 3.05% | 3.73% |
| 18 | Penicuik East | 9 | +2 | 0.74% | 2.74% | 2.70% |
| 19 | Bonnyrigg South | 9 | +1 | 0.44% | 2.74% | 4.50% |
| 20 | Penicuik North | 7 | -3 | 0.49% | 2.13% | 3.17% |
| 21 | Penicuik Southwest | 5 | -7 | 0.31% | 1.52% | 3.63% |
| 22 | Easthouses | 5 | -2 | 0.38% | 1.52% | 2.94% |
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 Midlothian- 386
**According to data published by SG
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