Titles outwith UK by local authority and interest


This section looks at titles outwith UK by local authority, interest and postcode sector

The chart shows that:

  • one in three (31%) were in the City of Edinburgh or Glasgow City, both with 90% ownership versus 10% tenancy

Titles with an owner address outwith the UK by local authority and interest

A chart that shows the difference between ownership and tenancy in Scottish local authorities where the number of titles with owner address outwith UK

Ownership is the majority interest across most of Scotland. In Renfrewshire, however, which accounts for around one in ten of the outwith UK titles (10.5% or 2,895 titles), 87% (or 2,263 titles) related to a tenancy interest.

A contributory factor to this is the number of titles of parking spaces and storage facilities near to Glasgow Airport. This is an unusual form that does not appear to be repeated in any other local authority.

If Renfrewshire was excluded, the average proportion of tenancy interest across the other 31 local authority areas was 1.4% compared with 9.4% across the whole of Scotland.


Top 10 postcode sectors by number of outwith UK titles

The table shows the top 10 postcodes sectors across Scotland by number of outwith UK titles.

The top 2 postcode sectors were within Renfrewshire and account for 62% of titles owned or leased from outwith the UK within the local authority.  The total number of titles in Renfrewshire with owner address outwith the UK was 2,895.

Top 10 postcode sectors by number of titles with owner address outwith UK as at 31 December 2021
Rank Postcode sector Post town Local authority Number of titles
1 PA3 3 Paisley Renfrewshire 910
2 PA3 1 Paisley Renfrewshire 876
3 EH3 9 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 462
4 PA1 2 Paisley Renfrewshire 359
5 PA3 2 Paisley Renfrewshire 280
6 EH3 6 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 242
7 KY16 9 St Andrews Fife 237
8 EH9 1 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 232
9 EH7 5 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 220
10 EH8 9 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 191

You can download this data from the list of tables.


The table shows the top 10 postcode sectors across Scotland by number of outwith UK titles excluding tenancy, such as long-term leases on car parking spaces.

Out of the top 10, 8 are in the City of Edinburgh, accounting for 6.7% (1,858 titles) of all outwith UK titles.

Top 10 postcode sectors by number of titles with owner address outwith UK excluding tenancy as at 31 December 2021
Rank Postcode sector Post town Local authority Number of titles
1 EH3 9 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 459
2 EH3 6 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 242
3 KY16 9 St Andrews Fife 234
4 EH9 1 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 232
5 EH7 5 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 220
6 EH8 9 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 185
7 EH11 1 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 181
8 G1 1 Glasgow Glasgow City 177
9 EH7 5 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 172
10 EH4 1 Edinburgh City of Edinburgh 167

You can download this data from the list of tables.


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