Housing in DG8 0PP
What the homes in DG8 0PP are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Machars North
- Council
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 972 (2024)
DG8 0PPDumfries and Galloway
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (45.7%). Flats make up 12.8%, less than half the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
65.4% of households in the DG8 0PP area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 17.7% of households, above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 48.9% own outright and 16.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned65.4%62.4%
- Shared ownership0%0.9%
- Private rented17.7%12.9%
- Social rented14.3%22.5%
- Lives rent free3.9%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. 39.4% 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 (20.1%). 15.2% 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 DG8 0PP (Machars North) (about 972 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.