Housing in IV2 6BD
What the homes in IV2 6BD are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Inverness Slackbuie
- Council
- Highland
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,000 (2024)
IV2 6BDHighland
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (41.5%). Flats make up 22%, well below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
71.8% of households in the IV2 6BD area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 16.8% of households, above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 22.5% own outright and 49.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned71.8%62.4%
- Shared ownership1.3%0.9%
- Private rented16.8%12.9%
- Social rented6.7%22.5%
- Lives rent free1%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.5 people living in it. 26.7% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (31.6%). 39.1% 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 IV2 6BD (Inverness Slackbuie) (about 1,000 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.