Housing in PA5 8SU
What the homes in PA5 8SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Johnstone North West
- Council
- Renfrewshire
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,045 (2024)
PA5 8SURenfrewshire
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (77.4%). Flats make up 80.8%, more than double the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
37.7% of households in the PA5 8SU area own their home, well below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 22.9% of households, well above the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 18.1% own outright and 19.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned37.7%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.6%0.9%
- Private rented22.9%12.9%
- Social rented38%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.2%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.6 people living in it. 62.3% 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 (43.4%). 13.4% 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 PA5 8SU (Johnstone North West) (about 1,045 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.