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Edinburgh

Council area

South east Scotland. 531,370 people in 263 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2

Most deprived 10%Least

71 of Edinburgh’s 597 neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£303,965
Up 4.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,169
85th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.0×
158th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
531,370
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025

How Edinburgh compares

Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.

EdinburghMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £115,401 to £1,232,640. The middle area is £272,474. Edinburgh is £303,965.
£303,965148th most expensive
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −20.7% to 12.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Edinburgh is 4.0%.
+4.0%joint 94th strongest
Median full-time pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
Median full-time pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from £29,805 to £57,396. The middle area is £38,490. Edinburgh is £43,169.
£43,16985th highest paid
House price to pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
House price to pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from 3.1× to 23.4×. The middle area is 7.3×. Edinburgh is 7.0×.
7.0×joint 158th most affordable
Population estimate361 areas, UK · 2025
Population estimate: every council in UK361 areas from 2,299 to 1,176,960. The middle area is 148,772. Edinburgh is 531,370.
531,37012th most populated
Annual population change361 areas, UK · 2025
Annual population change: every council in UK361 areas from −3.5% to 2.4%. The middle area is 0.4%. Edinburgh is −0.1%.
−0.1%joint 76th slowest growing

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay, population estimate and annual population change.

House prices since 2004

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Edinburgh’s is 2.5 times its 2004 level, slower than Scotland’s.

House prices since 2004Average house price each month for Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, January 2004 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2004
MonthEdinburghScotlandUnited Kingdom
Jan 2004£121,643£76,662£126,179
Jan 2005£141,298£90,440£138,759
Jan 2006£151,810£105,257£147,360
Jan 2007£171,962£121,923£162,825
Jan 2008£192,209£133,172£171,137
Jan 2009£166,748£119,792£144,840
Jan 2010£183,578£124,112£154,268
Jan 2011£183,526£124,856£154,113
Jan 2012£172,860£120,989£152,831
Jan 2013£166,879£117,973£154,495
Jan 2014£177,747£122,220£164,137
Jan 2015£191,732£129,869£175,636
Jan 2016£197,517£131,634£189,268
Jan 2017£196,485£133,141£198,276
Jan 2018£213,478£141,353£206,844
Jan 2019£229,979£144,124£210,317
Jan 2020£238,303£147,731£213,657
Jan 2021£245,487£157,866£228,417
Jan 2022£263,265£173,589£248,031
Jan 2023£270,484£175,092£260,941
Jan 2024£269,705£179,248£255,972
Jan 2025£282,867£185,315£264,936
Jan 2026£295,483£189,118£268,862
Jul 2026£303,965£196,349£272,611

Wards in Edinburgh17

Middle areas in Edinburgh117

Constituencies mostly in Edinburgh5

Towns in Edinburgh1

Postcodes in Edinburgh1

Neighbourhoods in Edinburgh653
Edinburgh in brief

Edinburgh’s average house price was £303,965 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Edinburgh earned a median of £43,169 in 2025.

A home in Edinburgh costs 7.0 times local full-time pay.

Edinburgh’s population was an estimated 531,370 in mid-2025.