Housing in IV2 6EA
What the homes in IV2 6EA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Inverness Slackbuie
- Council
- Highland
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 804 (2024)
IV2 6EAHighland
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (33.7%). Flats make up 24.9%, below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
58.4% of households in the IV2 6EA area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 17.8% of households, above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 16.4% own outright and 41.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned58.4%62.4%
- Shared ownership3.3%0.9%
- Private rented17.8%12.9%
- Social rented18.4%22.5%
- Lives rent free0.3%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 31.2% 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 (28.8%). 34.8% 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 6EA (Inverness Slackbuie) (about 804 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.