Orkney Islands Local Authority
Figures published by National Records of Scotland show that Orkney Islands had 254 long-term empty homes in 2023. The table below shows how these long term empty homes are distributed across the Local Authority area.
• 2.17% of Orkney Islands homes were long term empty in 2023, compared to 1.70% in Scotland as a whole.
• 79.13% (201) of Orkney Islands long term empty homes have been empty for longer than one year.
• Orkney Islands accounts for 0.71% of homes empty for more than 1 year in Scotland.
The EHO for Orkney Islands
Rachael Batty (01856 873535 (switchboard))
Please click on the map above to go to the Statistics.Gov.UK page for Orkney Islands. 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 | Number of LTE Homes | Increase or Decrease 2022-2023 | % of Properties LTE | % of Orkney LTEs | % of Orkney Homes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isles | 75 | +1 | 3.00% | 29.53% | 21.37% |
| 2 | West Kirkwall | 41 | +2 | 1.99% | 16.14% | 17.55% |
| 3 | Stromness, Sandwick and Stenness | 38 | +18 | 2.31% | 14.96% | 14.03% |
| 4 | West Mainland | 38 | +3 | 1.85% | 14.96% | 17.57% |
| 5 | East Mainland | 34 | +10 | 1.55% | 13.39% | 18.77% |
| 6 | East Kirkwall | 28 | +9 | 2.23% | 11.02% | 10.71% |
Where the % of homes is lower than % of long term empty homes, it indicates areas with above average levels of empty homes.
Sources
Small Area Statistics on Households and Dwellings | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)
Housing statistics: Empty properties and second homes – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)