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Housing in G84 7RF

What the homes in G84 7RF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Helensburgh East
Council
Argyll and Bute
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
672 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (46%). Flats make up 55.6%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.

G84 7RFScotland
Detached20%23.9%
Semi-detached17.7%23.3%
Terraced7%18.2%
Purpose-built flat46%32.4%
Flat in a converted or shared house9.4%1.6%
Flat in a commercial or converted building0.3%0.4%
Caravan or mobile home0%0.2%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

70.4% of households in the G84 7RF area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 7% of households, well below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 45.7% own outright and 24.7% with a mortgage.

G84 7RF
70%
19%
Scotland
  • Owned70.4%62.4%
  • Shared ownership0.5%0.9%
  • Private rented7%12.9%
  • Social rented18.7%22.5%
  • Lives rent free2.1%1.4%

By mortgage and landlord type

G84 7RFScotland
Owned outright45.7%33.9%
With a mortgage or loan24.7%28.4%
From a private landlord or letting agent6.5%12.4%
Other private rented1%0.5%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 46.5% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.

G84 7RFScotland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (25.5%). 15.6% of households include dependent children.

G84 7RFScotland
Living alone, under 6625.5%22.8%
Living alone, 66 and over21%14.3%
Couple, no children16.4%17.4%
Couple with dependent children12.2%16.3%
Couple with grown-up children4.7%6%
Lone parent with dependent children3.4%5.8%
Lone parent with grown-up children3.4%4.1%
Family, all aged 66 and over8.6%8.7%
Sharers and other households4.7%4.7%
Rents

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.

ScotlandScotland
All homes£1,013£1,013
One bedroom£702£702
Two bedrooms£911£911
Three bedrooms£1,172£1,172
Four or more£1,941£1,941
Detached£1,555£1,555
Semi-detached£1,077£1,077
Terraced£1,004£1,004
Flat or maisonette£840£840
About these figures

Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around G84 7RF (Helensburgh East) (about 672 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.

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