Housing in KY8 1BB
What the homes in KY8 1BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Buckhaven Denbeath and Muiredge
- Council
- Fife
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 717 (2024)
KY8 1BBFife
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (63.8%). Flats make up 65.3%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
35.2% of households in the KY8 1BB area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 11.5% of households, broadly in line with the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 19.8% own outright and 15.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned35.2%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.2%0.9%
- Private rented11.5%12.9%
- Social rented49.9%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.5%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.8 people living in it. 52.8% 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 (43.8%). 19.3% 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 KY8 1BB (Buckhaven Denbeath and Muiredge) (about 717 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.