Housing in G12 8PS
What the homes in G12 8PS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Kelvingrove and University
- Council
- Glasgow City
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 978 (2024)
G12 8PSGlasgow City
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (83.7%). Flats make up 93.3%, more than double the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
31.5% of households in the G12 8PS area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 55.3% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 15.8% own outright and 15.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned31.5%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.5%0.9%
- Private rented55.3%12.9%
- Social rented10.6%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 2.4 people living in it. 33.6% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (34.9%). 16.5% 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 G12 8PS (Kelvingrove and University) (about 978 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.