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Housing in AB51 4SA

What the homes in AB51 4SA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Inverurie South
Council
Aberdeenshire
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
682 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (55.7%). Flats make up 62.9%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.

AB51 4SAScotland
Detached17.7%23.9%
Semi-detached9.3%23.3%
Terraced10%18.2%
Purpose-built flat55.7%32.4%
Flat in a converted or shared house3.1%1.6%
Flat in a commercial or converted building4.1%0.4%
Caravan or mobile home0%0.2%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

56.5% of households in the AB51 4SA area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 25.6% of households, well above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 30.1% own outright and 26.3% with a mortgage.

AB51 4SA
56%
26%
14%
Scotland
  • Owned56.5%62.4%
  • Shared ownership0.2%0.9%
  • Private rented25.6%12.9%
  • Social rented13.9%22.5%
  • Lives rent free2.9%1.4%

By mortgage and landlord type

AB51 4SAScotland
Owned outright30.1%33.9%
With a mortgage or loan26.3%28.4%
From a private landlord or letting agent25.6%12.4%
Other private rented0.2%0.5%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 1.6 people living in it. 54.1% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.

AB51 4SAScotland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (39.7%). 9.6% of households include dependent children.

AB51 4SAScotland
Living alone, under 6639.7%22.8%
Living alone, 66 and over14.1%14.3%
Couple, no children18.7%17.4%
Couple with dependent children6%16.3%
Couple with grown-up children3.1%6%
Lone parent with dependent children3.6%5.8%
Lone parent with grown-up children1.9%4.1%
Family, all aged 66 and over9.8%8.7%
Sharers and other households2.4%4.7%
Rents

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.

ScotlandScotland
All homes£1,013£1,013
One bedroom£702£702
Two bedrooms£911£911
Three bedrooms£1,172£1,172
Four or more£1,941£1,941
Detached£1,555£1,555
Semi-detached£1,077£1,077
Terraced£1,004£1,004
Flat or maisonette£840£840
About these figures

Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around AB51 4SA (Inverurie South) (about 682 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.

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