EH6 8SW maps, stats, and open data

1. Home
2. Postcode
3. EH
4. EH6
5. EH6 8

EH6 8SW is located in the Leith Walk electoral ward, within the council area of City of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliamentary constituency of Edinburgh North and Leith. 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 8SW?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH6

Politics

Ward	Leith Walk
Constituency	Edinburgh North And Leith

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH6 8SW

Leith Walk (Dalmeny Street)	Pilrig	162m
Leith Walk (Dalmeny Street)	Pilrig	166m
Pilrig Street (Leith Walk)	Pilrig	178m
Dalmeny Street (Leith Walk)	Pilrig	212m
Dickson Street (Dalmeny Street)	Leith	217m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH6 8SW

York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	1,149m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,468m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,970m

Nearest railway stations to EH6 8SW

Edinburgh Station	1.5km
Haymarket Station	3.4km
Brunstane Station	5.2km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH6 8SW (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 8SW (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	80.0Mbps
Average download speed	89.6Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.2Mbps
Average upload speed	6.6Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH6 8SW (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 8SW gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	105,126
Meter count	10
Mean (kWh/meter)	10,513
Median (kWh/meter)	9,736

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	28,139
Meter count	11
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,558
Median (kWh/meter)	2,185

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

Deprivation

72.3% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH6 8SW:

Food Standards Agency

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

➜ Get more ratings from the Food Standards Agency

Nearest post box to EH6 8SW

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
46 Dalmeny Street	18:00	12:15	153m
97 Albert Street	18:00	12:15	252m
Albert Place Post Office	17:30	12:15	319m

EH6 8SW ITL and EH6 8SW 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 8SW:

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 8SW 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 8SW:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104235
LSOA	S01008803	Leith (Albert Street) - 02
MSOA	S02001646	Leith (Albert Street)