Housing in PA16 7BB
What the homes in PA16 7BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Bow Farm, Fancy Farm and Mallard Bowl
- Council
- Inverclyde
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 876 (2024)
PA16 7BBInverclyde
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (40.8%). Flats make up 23.8%, well below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
54.7% of households in the PA16 7BB area own their home, below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 5.4% of households, less than half the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 30.2% own outright and 24.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned54.7%62.4%
- Shared ownership3.8%0.9%
- Private rented5.4%12.9%
- Social rented39.4%22.5%
- Lives rent free0%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.5 people living in it. 29% 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 (16.7%). 27.4% 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 PA16 7BB (Bow Farm, Fancy Farm and Mallard Bowl) (about 876 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.