Housing in KY16 0FD
What the homes in KY16 0FD are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Leuchars and Guardbridge
- Council
- Fife
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 477 (2024)
KY16 0FDFife
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (32.5%). Flats make up 34.1%, broadly in line with the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
57.5% of households in the KY16 0FD area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 27.4% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 25% own outright and 32.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned57.5%62.4%
- Shared ownership1.1%0.9%
- Private rented27.4%12.9%
- Social rented11.8%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 2.3 people living in it. 29.3% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (24.2%). 27.7% 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 KY16 0FD (Leuchars and Guardbridge) (about 477 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.