Housing in IV2 7PX
What the homes in IV2 7PX are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Inverness Smithton
- Council
- Highland
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 621 (2024)
IV2 7PXHighland
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (51.5%). Flats make up 53.4%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
42.8% of households in the IV2 7PX area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 33.2% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 20.4% own outright and 22.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned42.8%62.4%
- Shared ownership4.1%0.9%
- Private rented33.2%12.9%
- Social rented18.5%22.5%
- Lives rent free2.5%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.7 people living in it. 54.2% 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 (43.6%). 16.3% 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 7PX (Inverness Smithton) (about 621 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.