Housing in PA16 7DF
What the homes in PA16 7DF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Gateside, Pennyfern, Cowdenknowes, Overton and upper Drumfrochar
- Council
- Inverclyde
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 782 (2024)
PA16 7DFInverclyde
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (42.7%). Flats make up 22.2%, well below the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
87.1% of households in the PA16 7DF area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 4.1% of households, less than half the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 51.8% own outright and 35.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned87.1%62.4%
- Shared ownership2.3%0.9%
- Private rented4.1%12.9%
- Social rented6.7%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 2.0 people living in it. 35.1% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (23.4%). 18.7% 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 PA16 7DF (Gateside, Pennyfern, Cowdenknowes, Overton and upper Drumfrochar) (about 782 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.