Housing in PA16 8EA
What the homes in PA16 8EA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Gourock East, Greenock West and Lyle Road
- Council
- Inverclyde
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 744 (2024)
PA16 8EAInverclyde
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (33.7%). Flats make up 60.4%, well above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
83% of households in the PA16 8EA area own their home, above the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 5.2% of households, less than half the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 53.8% own outright and 29.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned83%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.3%0.9%
- Private rented5.2%12.9%
- Social rented6.2%22.5%
- Lives rent free3.5%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 34.4% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (21.5%). 13.9% 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 8EA (Gourock East, Greenock West and Lyle Road) (about 744 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.