New to Edinburgh

Thinking of coming to live and work in Edinburgh?

If you are coming to live and work in Edinburgh, this section has useful background information on the city as well as contacts to help you settle.

Edinburgh is a beautiful and vibrant city and a great place to visit, live and work. Here are some good reasons to live in Edinburgh.

Working in Edinburgh

Search our  current vacancies and apply online. Find out more about employment and training schemes.
Get information on registered childcare.

Learning

Find information about  schools in Edinburgh, catchments areas,  independent schools, term dates, including courses and activities for learners of all ages.

Get around Edinburgh

Plan your journey around the city and find a bus.

Community life and leisure

Visit Community life and leisure section to find local parks, libraries, sport clubs and much more.

Guide to housing options

Looking for a place to live? Visit our Guide to housing options to get accomodation advice, information about renting from a private landlord, advice  for first time buyers...

Council tax

Information on tax bands, student exemption advice, online forms, report the change of your address, set up an account...

Edinburgh in facts and figures

Visit  our key facts and figures pages where you can find timeline of Edinburgh's history, our famous people and other interesting facts.

You can see many more statistics on living, investing, visiting and studying in Edinburgh in our Edinburgh by Numbers publications. 

The Edinburgh Inspiring Capital website gives detailed information about why you would want to live in Edinburgh, and includes information about housing, leisure and transport.