Housing in AB42 2FA
What the homes in AB42 2FA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Peterhead Links
- Council
- Aberdeenshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 664 (2024)
AB42 2FAAberdeenshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (57.1%). Flats make up 10.5%, less than half the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
57.7% of households in the AB42 2FA area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 8.4% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 35.1% own outright and 22.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned57.7%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.6%0.9%
- Private rented8.4%12.9%
- Social rented31.5%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.8%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. 39% 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 66 or over (20.4%). 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 2FA (Peterhead Links) (about 664 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.