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Scottish Borders

Council area

South east Scotland. 116,800 people in 4,739 square kilometres, the 7th most sparsely populated council in the UK.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2

Most deprived 10%Least

9 of Scottish Borders’s 143 neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£193,050
Up 4.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,600
27th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.7×
72nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population
116,823
117th lowest of 361
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Scottish Borders compares

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

Scottish BordersMiddle
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. Scottish Borders is £193,050.
£193,05061st lowest
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%. Scottish Borders is 4.5%.
+4.5%joint 80th 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. Scottish Borders is £33,600.
£33,60027th lowest
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×. Scottish Borders is 5.7×.
5.7×joint 72nd most affordable
Population361 areas, UK · 2021
Population: every council in UK361 areas from 2,053 to 1,144,919. The middle area is 143,926. Scottish Borders is 116,823.
116,823117th lowest

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

House prices since 2004

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Scottish Borders’s is 2.7 times its 2004 level, faster than Scotland’s.

House prices since 2004Average house price each month for Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, January 2004 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2004
MonthScottish BordersScotlandUnited Kingdom
Jan 2004£71,604£76,662£126,179
Jan 2005£92,114£90,440£138,759
Jan 2006£104,584£105,257£147,360
Jan 2007£117,577£121,923£162,825
Jan 2008£124,729£133,172£171,137
Jan 2009£116,781£119,792£144,840
Jan 2010£123,034£124,112£154,268
Jan 2011£121,259£124,856£154,113
Jan 2012£121,230£120,989£152,831
Jan 2013£114,355£117,973£154,495
Jan 2014£120,171£122,220£164,137
Jan 2015£125,801£129,869£175,636
Jan 2016£128,723£131,634£189,268
Jan 2017£123,647£133,141£198,276
Jan 2018£135,502£141,353£206,844
Jan 2019£126,977£144,124£210,317
Jan 2020£140,083£147,731£213,657
Jan 2021£152,530£157,866£228,417
Jan 2022£169,478£173,589£248,031
Jan 2023£171,638£175,092£260,941
Jan 2024£173,009£179,248£255,972
Jan 2025£176,977£185,315£264,936
Jan 2026£182,797£189,118£268,862
Jul 2026£193,050£196,349£272,611

Wards in Scottish Borders11

Middle areas in Scottish Borders32

Constituencies mostly in Scottish Borders1

Neighbourhoods in Scottish Borders158
Scottish Borders in brief

Scottish Borders’s average house price was £193,050 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Scottish Borders earned a median of £33,600 in 2025.

A home in Scottish Borders costs 5.7 times local full-time pay.

Scottish Borders had 116,823 usual residents at the census.