Rented Housing Stock as at 31 March 2026
IMAGE: The first page contains a table showing rented housing stock by area and apartment size as at 31 March 2026. It covers 1- to 6-apartment properties under OIC and OHAL, with totals for each area. Birsay, Graemsay, Harray and Papa Westray have black-shaded rows indicating no housing stock in those areas at present.
| Area. | 1 apt (OIC). | 1 apt (OHAL). | 2 apt (OIC). | 2 apt (OHAL). | 3 apt (OIC). | 3 apt (OHAL). | 4 apt (OIC). | 4 apt (OHAL). | 5 apt (OIC). | 5 apt (OHAL). | 6 apt (OIC). | 6 apt (OHAL). | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birsay. | |||||||||||||
| Burray. | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| Deerness. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| Dounby. | 8 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 52 | |||||
| Eday. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Evie. | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Finstown. | 4 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 87 | ||||
| Flotta. | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Graemsay. | |||||||||||||
| Harray. | |||||||||||||
| Holm. | 4 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 51 | |||||
| Hoy. | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 37 | |||||||
| Kirkwall. | 13 | 223 | 191 | 196 | 166 | 106 | 100 | 10 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1044 | |
| North Ronaldsay. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Orphir. | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 26 | ||||||
| Papa Westray. | |||||||||||||
| Quoyloo. | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Rendall. | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Rousay. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |||||||
| Sanday. | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
| Shapinsay. | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | |||||||
| St Margaret’s Hope. | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 40 | |||||
| Stenness. | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | ||||||||
| Stromness. | 3 | 4 | 38 | 29 | 61 | 36 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 231 | |||
| Stronsay. | 3 | 7 | 10 |
IMAGE: The second page continues the rented housing stock table for Tankerness, Toab and Westray, followed by the overall totals. It includes notes explaining exclusions from the figures and states that black-shaded areas have no housing stock at present.
| Area. | 1 apt (OIC). | 1 apt (OHAL). | 2 apt (OIC). | 2 apt (OHAL). | 3 apt (OIC). | 3 apt (OHAL). | 4 apt (OIC). | 4 apt (OHAL). | 5 apt (OIC). | 5 apt (OHAL). | 6 apt (OIC). | 6 apt (OHAL). | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tankerness. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Toab. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Westray. | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | |||||
| Total. | 16 | 8 | 344 | 291 | 305 | 318 | 228 | 175 | 13 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 1751 |
Notes
Does not include stock for sheltered units (OIC only).
OIC have further housing stock for homeless.
OIC have further stock that has been excluded; leased to others, awaiting major works, tied and supported accommodation.
Areas shaded in black means there is no housing stock in this area at present. Please include in your application if you wish to be housed in this area as your expression of interest will help to highlight where new housing is required.