South Ayrshire Local Authority
Figures published by National Records of Scotland show that South Ayrshire had 820 long-term empty homes in 2023. The table below shows how these long term empty homes are distributed across the Local Authority area.
• 1.45% of South Ayrshire’s homes were long term empty in 2023, compared to 1.70% in Scotland as a whole.
• 36.95% (303) of South Ayrshire’s long term empty homes have been empty for longer than one year.
• South Ayrshire accounts for 1.70% of homes empty for more than 1 year in Scotland.
The Policy Officer for South Ayrshire:
Kyle McKay (01293 473 469)
Please click on the map above to go to the Statistics.Gov.UK page for South 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 | Number of LTE Homes | Increase or Decrease 2022-2023 | % of Properties LTE | % of SA LTEs | % of SA Homes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre | 100 | -8 | 3.11% | 12.20% | 5.67% |
| 2 | Carrick South | 90 | +11 | 3.21% | 10.98% | 4.94% |
| 3 | Ayr North Harbour, Wallacetown and Newton South | 90 | +2 | 2.88% | 10.98% | 5.51% |
| 4 | Girvan Ailsa | 59 | +11 | 3.25% | 7.20% | 3.21% |
| 5 | Troon | 56 | -3 | 1.94% | 6.83% | 5.08% |
| 6 | Annbank, Mossblown and Tarbolton - the Coalfields | 42 | +5 | 1.54% | 5.12% | 4.83% |
| 7 | Maybole | 41 | -2 | 1.78% | 5.00% | 4.07% |
| 8 | Barassie | 35 | +8 | 1.60% | 4.27% | 3.85% |
| 9 | Belmont | 34 | +4 | 1.35% | 4.15% | 4.45% |
| 10 | Carrick North | 31 | +14 | 1.36% | 3.78% | 4.02% |
| 11 | Newton North | 27 | +6 | 1.22% | 3.29% | 3.90% |
| 12 | Prestwick East | 21 | +2 | 0.81% | 2.56% | 4.56% |
| 13 | Alloway and Doonfoot | 19 | +1 | 0.69% | 2.32% | 4.84% |
| 14 | Prestwick West | 19 | +2 | 0.94% | 2.32% | 3.56% |
| 15 | Prestwick Airport and Monkton | 19 | -3 | 1.19% | 2.32% | 2.82% |
| 16 | Dundonald, Loans and Symington | 18 | 0 | 0.56% | 2.20% | 5.64% |
| 17 | Heathfield | 17 | +7 | 0.84% | 2.07% | 3.57% |
| 18 | Coylton | 16 | -1 | 0.95% | 1.95% | 2.98% |
| 19 | Lochside, Braehead and Whitletts | 16 | -5 | 0.76% | 1.95% | 3.73% |
| 20 | Castlehill and Kincaidston | 15 | -1 | 0.74% | 1.83% | 3.59% |
| 21 | Muirhead | 15 | +2 | 0.65% | 1.83% | 4.09% |
| 22 | Girvan Glendoune | 11 | +1 | 0.68% | 1.34% | 2.85% |
| 23 | Holmston and Forehill | 11 | -3 | 0.49% | 1.34% | 3.98% |
| 24 | Craigie | 11 | -4 | 0.95% | 1.34% | 2.04% |
| 25 | Dalmilling | 7 | -4 | 0.56% | 0.85% | 2.22% |
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)