Housing in G72 0SU
What the homes in G72 0SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Blantyre South and Wheatlands
- Council
- South Lanarkshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 698 (2024)
G72 0SUSouth Lanarkshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (45.7%). Flats make up 30.2%, below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
45.2% of households in the G72 0SU area own their home, below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 8% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 22.4% own outright and 22.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned45.2%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.3%0.9%
- Private rented8%12.9%
- Social rented42.7%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.4%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. 41.6% 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 under 66 (30.5%). 19.1% 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 G72 0SU (Blantyre South and Wheatlands) (about 698 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.