Housing in AB31 5SU
What the homes in AB31 5SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Banchory West
- Council
- Aberdeenshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 992 (2024)
AB31 5SUAberdeenshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (46%). Flats make up 34.3%, broadly in line with the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
75.5% of households in the AB31 5SU area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 16.9% of households, above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 49.8% own outright and 25.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned75.5%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.2%0.9%
- Private rented16.9%12.9%
- Social rented5.2%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.5%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 42.1% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (23.8%). 19% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Scotland
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Scotland (August 2026, +1.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around AB31 5SU (Banchory West) (about 992 residents).
Source: Scotland's Census 2022, National Records of Scotland. Population: NRS small-area estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.