North Ayrshire 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 North Ayrshire had 984* LTE homes in 2024. The table below shows how these LTE homes are distributed across the Local Authority area.
• 1.40% of North Ayrshire’s homes were long term empty in 2024, compared to 1.80% in Scotland as a whole.
• 67.20% (590) of North Ayrshire’s empty homes have been empty for longer than one year**.
• North Ayrshire accounts for 1.87% of homes empty for more than 1 year in Scotland.
Empty homes contact for North Ayrshire:
Emma Anderson (Team manager, private sector housing)
Please click on the map above to go to the Statistics.Gov.UK page for North Ayrshire. 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 NA LTE homes | % of NA Homes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Largs Central and Cumbrae | 94 | -2 | 2.60% | 9.55% | 5.15% |
| 2 | Arran | 81 | -2 | 2.52% | 8.23% | 4.59% |
| 3 | Saltcoats Central | 62 | -5 | 2.58% | 6.30% | 3.42% |
| 4 | Saltcoats North West | 56 | +11 | 3.47% | 5.69% | 2.30% |
| 5 | Beith East and Rural | 42 | +8 | 2.20% | 4.27% | 2.73% |
| 6 | Ardrossan Central | 39 | -9 | 2.05% | 3.96% | 2.71% |
| 7 | Largs North | 36 | +12 | 1.71% | 3.66% | 3.01% |
| 8 | Irvine Bourtreehill | 35 | +9 | 3.26% | 3.56% | 1.53% |
| 9 | West Kilbride and Seamill | 35 | +5 | 1.51% | 3.56% | 3.30% |
| 10 | Dalry East and Rural | 33 | -1 | 2.15% | 3.35% | 2.19% |
| 11 | Irvine Central | 31 | -2 | 1.75% | 3.15% | 2.52% |
| 12 | Skelmorlie and Rural | 29 | -2 | 1.88% | 2.95% | 2.20% |
| 13 | Kilbirnie North | 25 | +1 | 1.65% | 2.54% | 2.16% |
| 14 | Stevenston Hayocks | 24 | -4 | 1.28% | 2.44% | 2.67% |
| 15 | Largs South | 24 | -11 | 1.15% | 2.44% | 2.97% |
| 16 | Ardrossan North East | 23 | +8 | 1.05% | 2.34% | 3.13% |
| 17 | Saltcoats North East | 23 | +9 | 1.05% | 2.34% | 3.13% |
| 18 | Fairlie and Rural | 22 | -11 | 1.15% | 2.24% | 2.72% |
| 19 | Stevenston North West | 21 | -5 | 1.38% | 2.13% | 2.16% |
| 20 | Kilwinning Central and North | 21 | -5 | 1.11% | 2.13% | 2.70% |
| 21 | Stevenston Ardeer | 20 | -6 | 1.30% | 2.03% | 2.19% |
| 22 | Irvine Girdle Toll and Staneca | 18 | 0 | 0.80% | 1.83% | 3.19% |
| 23 | Irvine Fullarton | 18 | -1 | 1.20% | 1.83% | 2.14% |
| 24 | Springside and Rural | 17 | -4 | 1.11% | 1.73% | 2.18% |
| 25 | Irvine East | 17 | 0 | 1.08% | 1.73% | 2.25% |
| 26 | Kilbirnie South and Longbar | 17 | -8 | 0.80% | 1.73% | 3.01% |
| 27 | Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside | 16 | -2 | 0.76% | 1.63% | 3.02% |
| 28 | Irvine Castlepark North | 14 | +3 | 0.92% | 1.42% | 2.16% |
| 29 | Kilwinning West and Blacklands | 14 | -8 | 0.66% | 1.42% | 3.00% |
| 30 | Kilwinning Pennyburn | 13 | -6 | 0.89% | 1.32% | 2.08% |
| 31 | Beith West | 12 | -10 | 0.83% | 1.22% | 2.06% |
| 32 | Dalry West | 11 | -7 | 0.79% | 1.12% | 1.99% |
| 33 | Dreghorn | 10 | +2 | 0.61% | 1.02% | 2.33% |
| 34 | Irvine Castlepark South | 10 | +1 | 0.62% | 1.02% | 2.32% |
| 35 | Ardrossan North West | 10 | -2 | 0.64% | 1.02% | 2.22% |
| 36 | Irvine Tarryholme | 8 | +4 | 0.50% | 0.81% | 2.27% |
| 37 | Irvine Broomlands | 4 | -8 | 0.33% | 0.41% | 1.75% |
| 38 | Irvine Perceton and Lawthorn | 4 | -6 | 0.20% | 0.41% | 2.84% |
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 North Ayrshire- 878
**According to data published by SG
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