Housing in KY7 6HT
What the homes in KY7 6HT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Windygates and Coaltown
- Council
- Fife
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 582 (2024)
KY7 6HTFife
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (32.4%). Flats make up 25.1%, below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
65.2% of households in the KY7 6HT area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 9.8% of households, below the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 39.7% own outright and 25.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned65.2%62.4%
- Shared ownership0%0.9%
- Private rented9.8%12.9%
- Social rented22%22.5%
- Lives rent free2.1%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. 35.9% 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 under 66 (21.3%). 18.5% 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 KY7 6HT (Windygates and Coaltown) (about 582 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.