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Housing in KY11 1EA

What the homes in KY11 1EA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Inverkeithing East
Council
Fife
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
852 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (54.1%). Flats make up 55%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.

KY11 1EAScotland
Detached5.4%23.9%
Semi-detached17%23.3%
Terraced20.7%18.2%
Purpose-built flat54.1%32.4%
Flat in a converted or shared house0.8%1.6%
Flat in a commercial or converted building0%0.4%
Caravan or mobile home0%0.2%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

36.5% of households in the KY11 1EA area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 12.2% of households, broadly in line with the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 16.4% own outright and 20.1% with a mortgage.

KY11 1EA
37%
12%
51%
Scotland
  • Owned36.5%62.4%
  • Shared ownership1.1%0.9%
  • Private rented12.2%12.9%
  • Social rented50.7%22.5%
  • Lives rent free0%1.4%

By mortgage and landlord type

KY11 1EAScotland
Owned outright16.4%33.9%
With a mortgage or loan20.1%28.4%
From a private landlord or letting agent11.9%12.4%
Other private rented0.3%0.5%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 38% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.

KY11 1EAScotland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (27.2%). 27.5% of households include dependent children.

KY11 1EAScotland
Living alone, under 6627.2%22.8%
Living alone, 66 and over10.5%14.3%
Couple, no children17%17.4%
Couple with dependent children15.6%16.3%
Couple with grown-up children6.2%6%
Lone parent with dependent children11.9%5.8%
Lone parent with grown-up children5.7%4.1%
Family, all aged 66 and over2.8%8.7%
Sharers and other households5.1%4.7%
Rents

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.

ScotlandScotland
All homes£1,013£1,013
One bedroom£702£702
Two bedrooms£911£911
Three bedrooms£1,172£1,172
Four or more£1,941£1,941
Detached£1,555£1,555
Semi-detached£1,077£1,077
Terraced£1,004£1,004
Flat or maisonette£840£840
About these figures

Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around KY11 1EA (Inverkeithing East) (about 852 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.

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