Least and most affordable places in Scotland to buy a home (2025)

East Lothian was the least affordable of Scotland’s 32 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 7.4×).

Inverclyde was the most affordable (3.1×). The middle council, Angus, had 4.8×.

House price to pay for every council in Scotland, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	East Lothian ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	7.4×
2	Edinburgh	7.0×
3	Midlothian	6.7×
4	East Renfrewshire	6.6×
5	East Dunbartonshire	6.1×
6	Moray	6.0×
=7	Perth and Kinross	5.8×
=7	Scottish Borders	5.8×
9	Highland	5.7×
10	West Lothian	5.6×
11	Stirling	5.4×
12	Glasgow	5.1×
13	Orkney Islands ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	5.0×
=14	Argyll and Bute	4.9×
=14	Dumfries and Galloway	4.9×
16	Angus	4.8×
=17	Clackmannanshire ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	4.7×
=17	Fife	4.7×
19	Aberdeenshire	4.6×
=20	Falkirk	4.5×
=20	South Lanarkshire	4.5×
22	Na h-Eileanan Siar ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	4.4×
23	Dundee	4.2×
=24	Renfrewshire	4.0×
=24	South Ayrshire	4.0×
=26	North Lanarkshire	3.9×
=26	Shetland Islands ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	3.9×
28	East Ayrshire	3.6×
29	North Ayrshire	3.5×
=30	Aberdeen	3.3×
=30	West Dunbartonshire	3.3×
32	Inverclyde	3.1×

Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Source and method · See it on the map