Councils / Scotland

Midlothian: Band D is £1,816.

Council tax for 2026-27, with what renters pay, how efficient homes are and what broadband and mobile signal there is in Midlothian. Every figure shows its source and date.

Council tax in Midlothian.

2026-27

Source: Council Tax by band (Scottish Government) Checked

Council tax a year for each band in Midlothian, 2026-27
BandA yearOver 10 months
A £1,210.77 £121.08
B £1,412.57 £141.26
C £1,614.36 £161.44
D £1,816.16 £181.62
E £2,386.23 £238.62
F £2,951.26 £295.13
G £3,556.65 £355.67
H £4,449.59 £444.96

These are the amounts for a home in each band before any discount or reduction. To see the band of a particular home, check it on GOV.UK.

Renting in Scotland: about £1,011 a month.

Private rents · September 2026
One bedroom
£702 a month
Two bedrooms
£912 a month
Three bedrooms
£1,168 a month
Four or more
£1,951 a month

ONS doesn't publish rents for each council in Scotland, so this is the average for Scotland. Up 0.7% on a year earlier. This is the average paid by all private renters, including people who moved in years ago, so new lets often cost more.

Source: Price Index of Private Rents (Office for National Statistics) Published

Broadband in Midlothian: 92% can get full fibre.

Share of premises
Can get full fibre
92%
Can get gigabit
92%
Have a full fibre connection
66%

Across 47,006 homes and businesses in Midlothian. In Great Britain as a whole, 81% can get full fibre and 88% gigabit. 48 of them can't get decent broadband. Whether a particular address can get a service is for the provider to say: check the speeds at a postcode on the broadband speed checker.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations (fixed broadband coverage) Data from

Mobile signal in Midlothian.

Share of premises
4G indoors, every network
92.8%
Calls indoors, every network
94.8%
5G outdoors, any network
99.8%

The share of homes and businesses across the whole council area, not this postcode. Signal inside a particular building can differ, so check each network's own coverage checker.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations (mobile coverage) Data from

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