Postcode · South Ayrshire

KA7 3LE area guide

Who lives in KA7 3LE, what homes sell for, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Neighbourhood: Holmston and Forehill
Council: South Ayrshire
Region: Scotland
Neighbourhood population: 946 (2024)

KA7 3LESouth Ayrshire

At a glance

What KA7 3LE is like

KA7 3LE is a postcode in the Holmston and Forehill area of South Ayrshire. Because census and crime data isn’t published for single postcodes, the figures here cover the surrounding neighbourhood of about 946 people. 68.3% of households own their home, 8.7% rent privately and 18.7% are in social housing. The largest age group is 15–19, and 56.4% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for Scotland.

Scores

How KA7 3LE compares

Headline figures for KA7 3LE, set against Scotland as a whole.

AffluenceMore

4.0/ 10

Around the middle. Scored from 1 (most deprived in Scotland) to 10 (least deprived).

CrimeMore

46per 1,000

Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in South Ayrshire a year, against 57 across Scotland.

TransportMore

5.0/ 10

Good: 1 station within a mile, 46 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore

8 schools within 1 mile. None has a published inspection grade.

What stands out

Worth knowing before you invest

Where KA7 3LE differs most from the national average.

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Few private renters
Only 8.7% of households rent privately, against 12.9% across Scotland.

Questions

KA7 3LE FAQs

Is KA7 3LE a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 4.0 out of 10 on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020, where 10 is the least deprived in Scotland. Transport connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10 (good).

Is KA7 3LE safe?

How recorded crime here compares with the national average.

Police Scotland publishes crime by council area only. South Ayrshire recorded 46 crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025-26, against 57 across Scotland.

Who lives in KA7 3LE?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 15–19, at 8.2% of residents. 68.3% of households own their home. The most common property type is semi-detached (51.5%).

Which council covers KA7 3LE?

The local authority for KA7 3LE is South Ayrshire.

KA7 3LE comes under South Ayrshire in Scotland. Council tax, planning applications and bin collections are handled there.

How well connected is KA7 3LE?

Connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10.

There are 46 bus stops within 800m and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, scoring 5.0 out of 10 (good). The nearest station is Ayr Rail Station, 0.9 miles away.

Sources: Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS); ONS mid-year population estimates; police recorded crime; the English, Welsh and Scottish indices of deprivation; ONS small area income estimates; ONS private rents; DfE, Welsh and Scottish school registers and Ofsted; DfT NaPTAN; ORR estimates of station usage; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

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