Titles outwith UK by urban rural classification


See background information on Urban rural classification for details on how this analysis is conducted.

This chart shows for titles with an owner address outwith UK:

  • 80% were in urban areas of Scotland
  • 20% were in rural areas of Scotland

For context:

  • in terms of land area, urban areas account for 2.2% of Scotland and rural areas account for 97.8%.
  • in terms of population, urban areas account for 83% and rural areas account for 17% (Scottish Government 2016 urban rural classification).
  • the urban rural split for all property sales in Scotland in 2021-22 was 84% urban and 16% rural  -  see our property market report 2021-22 for further information.
This chart shows that around four out of five titles with an owner address outwith UK were in urban areas of Scotland (online table 9).

Percentage of titles with owner address outwith UK by 2-fold urban rural classification as at 31 December 2022

A chart showing the percentage of titles with owner address outwith UK by 2-fold urban rural classification as at 31 December 2022

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