Housing in AB42 1RF
What the homes in AB42 1RF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Peterhead Harbour
- Council
- Aberdeenshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 963 (2024)
AB42 1RFAberdeenshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (43.6%). Flats make up 45.6%, above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
40.2% of households in the AB42 1RF area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 8.7% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 23.6% own outright and 16.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned40.2%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.8%0.9%
- Private rented8.7%12.9%
- Social rented50.2%22.5%
- Lives rent free0.6%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 51.5% 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 (35.7%). 21.6% 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 AB42 1RF (Peterhead Harbour) (about 963 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.