Housing in DD5 1JS
What the homes in DD5 1JS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- West Ferry
- Council
- Dundee City
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 735 (2024)
DD5 1JSDundee City
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (36.3%). Flats make up 47.4%, above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
68.7% of households in the DD5 1JS area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 9.1% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 51.6% own outright and 17.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned68.7%62.4%
- Shared ownership5.2%0.9%
- Private rented9.1%12.9%
- Social rented15.3%22.5%
- Lives rent free2.1%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.8 people living in it. 51% 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 (35%). 10.9% 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 DD5 1JS (West Ferry) (about 735 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.