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Renfrewshire Local Authority

Figures published by National Records of Scotland show that Renfrewshire had 796 long-term empty homes in 2023. The table below shows how these long term empty homes are distributed across the Local Authority area.


• 0.87% of Renfrewshire’s homes were long term empty in 2023, compared to 1.70% in Scotland as a whole.

• 49.50% (394) of Renfrewshire’s long term empty homes have been empty for longer than one year. 

• Renfrewshire accounts for 1.39% of homes empty for more than 1 year in Scotland.


Renfrewshire’s More Homes Officer

Allana Mcluskey (07811055016)

[email protected]

Please click on the map above to go to the Statistics.Gov.UK page for Renfrewshire. 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 ZonesNumber of LTE HomesIncrease or Decrease 2022-2023% of Properties LTE% of Ren LTEs% of Ren Homes
1Paisley North West84-143.25%10.55%2.83%
2Paisley Central75+31.49%9.42%5.51%
3Paisley North East5301.50%6.66%3.86%
4Renfrew North41+101.03%5.15%4.38%
5Paisley Gallowhill and Hillington40+11.39%5.03%3.15%
6Johnstone North East34-11.70%4.27%2.19%
7Paisley North34+41.07%4.27%3.48%
8Paisley South East34-30.97%4.27%3.85%
9Johnstone North West33+21.76%4.15%2.05%
10Paisley Foxbar32+171.27%4.02%2.77%
11Paisley Ferguslie26+31.24%3.27%2.30%
12Renfrewshire Rural North and Langbank25+20.56%3.14%4.88%
13Linwood South22+31.05%2.76%2.29%
14Renfrew West21-80.63%2.64%3.66%
15Paisley West19+20.74%2.39%2.80%
16Johnstone South East18-40.89%2.26%2.21%
17Paisley Glenburn East17+21.00%2.14%1.86%
18Bridge of Weir15-40.69%1.88%2.39%
19Johnstone South West15+80.59%1.88%2.80%
20Renfrewshire Rural South and Howwood1400.85%1.76%1.81%
21Paisley Glenburn West13+20.75%1.63%1.90%
22Renfrew South13+10.52%1.63%2.73%
23Paisley South12+20.72%1.51%1.83%
24Paisley East12-70.50%1.51%2.63%
25Kilbarchan11+50.68%1.38%1.77%
26Erskine East and Inchinnan10+50.43%1.26%2.53%
27Renfrew East10-30.40%1.26%2.74%
28Houston North9+30.70%1.13%1.41%
29Lochwinnoch900.69%1.13%1.42%
30Linwood North8+10.40%1.01%2.17%
31Paisley Ralston8+40.39%1.01%2.24%
32Paisley South West8+20.38%1.01%2.29%
33Elderslie and Phoenix6-100.23%0.75%2.83%
34Erskine West4-80.17%0.50%2.65%
35Paisley Dykebar3+10.18%0.38%1. 83%
36Bishopton3-10.15%0.38%2.14%
37Erskine Central3-40.14%0.38%2.37%
38Houston South2-20.15%0.25%1.44%

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)