Housing in KY16 9DF
What the homes in KY16 9DF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- St Andrews South West
- Council
- Fife
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 630 (2024)
KY16 9DFFife
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (35.4%). Flats make up 47.8%, above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
46.3% of households in the KY16 9DF area own their home, below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 44.2% of households, more than double the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 36.6% own outright and 9.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned46.3%62.4%
- Shared ownership1.8%0.9%
- Private rented44.2%12.9%
- Social rented7.4%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.2%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. 29.8% 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 (37.5%). 7.4% 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 9DF (St Andrews South West) (about 630 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.