Housing in KA7 9SU
What the homes in KA7 9SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre
- Council
- South Ayrshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 847 (2024)
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (42.9%). Flats make up 59.5%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
80.5% of households in the KA7 9SU area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 18.5% of households, well above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 57.6% own outright and 22.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned80.5%62.4%
- Shared ownership0%0.9%
- Private rented18.5%12.9%
- Social rented1.5%22.5%
- Lives rent free2.4%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 45.4% 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 66 or over (23.4%). 12.2% 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 KA7 9SU (Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre) (about 847 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.