Housing in DG9 8DS
What the homes in DG9 8DS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Stranraer East
- Council
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 750 (2024)
DG9 8DSDumfries and Galloway
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (35.8%). Flats make up 11.2%, less than half the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
70.6% of households in the DG9 8DS area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 11.4% of households, below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 48.2% own outright and 22.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned70.6%62.4%
- Shared ownership0%0.9%
- Private rented11.4%12.9%
- Social rented14.7%22.5%
- Lives rent free2%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. 38.6% 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 (21.1%). 17.8% 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 DG9 8DS (Stranraer East) (about 750 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.