Housing in KY16 8EA
What the homes in KY16 8EA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- St Andrews South East
- Council
- Fife
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 682 (2024)
KY16 8EAFife
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (36.2%). Flats make up 27.1%, below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
37.1% of households in the KY16 8EA area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 28.2% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 25.6% own outright and 11.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned37.1%62.4%
- Shared ownership1.5%0.9%
- Private rented28.2%12.9%
- Social rented27.4%22.5%
- Lives rent free2.6%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 31.2% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (25.6%). 13.5% 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 8EA (St Andrews South East) (about 682 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.