Private rented homes: every council in Scotland
City of Edinburgh had the highest private rented homes of Scotland’s 32 councils in 2021, at 23.1%.
Na h-Eileanan Siar had the lowest, at 5.7%. The middle council, South Ayrshire, had 10.6%.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Edinburgh summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 23.1% |
| 2 | Dundee City summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 21.1% |
| 3 | Aberdeen City summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 19.9% |
| 4 | Glasgow City summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 16.9% |
| =5 | Perth and Kinross summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 13.7% |
| =5 | Scottish Borders summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 13.7% |
| 7 | Dumfries and Galloway summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 13.4% |
| 8 | Stirling summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 12.8% |
| 9 | Moray summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 11.9% |
| 10 | Angus summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 11.8% |
| =11 | Argyll and Bute summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 11.6% |
| =11 | Fife summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 11.6% |
| 13 | Renfrewshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 11.0% |
| 14 | Highland summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 10.7% |
| =15 | Inverclyde summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 10.6% |
| =15 | South Ayrshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 10.6% |
| 17 | North Ayrshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 10.0% |
| 18 | Orkney Islands summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 9.6% |
| =19 | East Ayrshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 9.5% |
| =19 | South Lanarkshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 9.5% |
| 21 | West Lothian summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 9.3% |
| 22 | Aberdeenshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 9.1% |
| 23 | Clackmannanshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 8.9% |
| 24 | North Lanarkshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 8.6% |
| 25 | East Lothian summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 8.5% |
| 26 | Falkirk summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 8.3% |
| 27 | West Dunbartonshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 8.2% |
| 28 | Midlothian summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 7.7% |
| 29 | Shetland Islands summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 7.0% |
| =30 | East Dunbartonshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 5.8% |
| =30 | East Renfrewshire summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 5.8% |
| 32 | Na h-Eileanan Siar summed-from-data-zones census-2022 | 5.7% |