Housing in KY8 3RF
What the homes in KY8 3RF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Methil East
- Council
- Fife
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 858 (2024)
KY8 3RFFife
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (38.4%). Flats make up 34.1%, broadly in line with the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
57.7% of households in the KY8 3RF area own their home, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 18.7% of households, well above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 36.2% own outright and 21.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned57.7%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.7%0.9%
- Private rented18.7%12.9%
- Social rented21.3%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.1%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 46.2% 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 (31.7%). 13.7% 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 KY8 3RF (Methil East) (about 858 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.