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Housing in IV2 3BB

What the homes in IV2 3BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Inverness Crown and Haugh
Council
Highland
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
855 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (30.8%). Flats make up 38.2%, broadly in line with the 34.4% across Scotland.

IV2 3BBScotland
Detached15.1%23.9%
Semi-detached25.8%23.3%
Terraced19.7%18.2%
Purpose-built flat30.8%32.4%
Flat in a converted or shared house7%1.6%
Flat in a commercial or converted building0.4%0.4%
Caravan or mobile home0%0.2%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

66.8% of households in the IV2 3BB area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 26.4% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 38% own outright and 28.8% with a mortgage.

IV2 3BB
67%
26%
Scotland
  • Owned66.8%62.4%
  • Shared ownership2.4%0.9%
  • Private rented26.4%12.9%
  • Social rented4.4%22.5%
  • Lives rent free2.2%1.4%

By mortgage and landlord type

IV2 3BBScotland
Owned outright38%33.9%
With a mortgage or loan28.8%28.4%
From a private landlord or letting agent24.7%12.4%
Other private rented1.1%0.5%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 1.8 people living in it. 53.3% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.

IV2 3BBScotland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (33.4%). 13.8% of households include dependent children.

IV2 3BBScotland
Living alone, under 6633.4%22.8%
Living alone, 66 and over18.3%14.3%
Couple, no children13.5%17.4%
Couple with dependent children12.2%16.3%
Couple with grown-up children5.2%6%
Lone parent with dependent children1.5%5.8%
Lone parent with grown-up children4.4%4.1%
Family, all aged 66 and over3.7%8.7%
Sharers and other households3.5%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 IV2 3BB (Inverness Crown and Haugh) (about 855 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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