EH6 8QA maps, stats, and open data

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EH6 8QA is located in the Leith Walk electoral ward, within the council area of City of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliamentary constituency of Edinburgh East. The Community Health Partnership is Edinburgh Community Health Partnership and the police force is Scotland. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is EH6 8QA?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH6

Politics

Ward	Leith Walk
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH6 8QA

St Clair Avenue (Easter Road)	Leith	107m
St Clair Avenue (Easter Road)	Leith	112m
Academy Park (Easter Road)	Leith	167m
Academy Park (Easter Road)	Leith	176m
Stead's Place (Leith Walk)	Leith	239m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH6 8QA

York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	1,619m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,937m

Nearest railway stations to EH6 8QA

Edinburgh Station	2km
Haymarket Station	3.8km
Brunstane Station	5.1km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH6 8QA (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in EH6 8QA (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	70.0Mbps
Average download speed	78.8Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.1Mbps
Average upload speed	3.8Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.53Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH6 8QA (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

EH6 8QA gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in EH6 8QA by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	204,931
Meter count	40
Mean (kWh/meter)	5,123
Median (kWh/meter)	4,697

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	115,725
Meter count	56
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,067
Median (kWh/meter)	1,539

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in EH6 8QA, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in EH6 8QA.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

65.5% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH6 8QA:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to EH6 8QA (metres)

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Nearest post box to EH6 8QA

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Halmyre Street	17:45	12:15	63m
5 St Clair Avenue	17:45	12:15	189m
Leith Walk Post Office	18:00	12:00	256m

EH6 8QA ITL and EH6 8QA LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for EH6 8QA:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLM	Scotland
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLM7	Eastern Scotland
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLM75	City of Edinburgh
LAU 1 Code	Name
S30000008	City of Edinburgh

EH6 8QA census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for EH6 8QA:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104278
LSOA	S01008796	South Leith - 05
MSOA	S02001644	South Leith