Urban rural classification


This section shows UK owner addresses by urban rural classification

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

The chart shows that for titles with a UK owner address outwith Scotland:

  • 65% were in urban areas of Scotland
  • 35% 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%
  • the urban rural split for all property sales in Scotland in 2021-22 as 84% urban and 16% rural

You can read more information about the Scottish Government urban rural classification and read more information about the urban rural split in our property market report 2021-2022.

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

Around two thirds of titles with a UK owner address outwith Scotland were in urban areas of Scotland (online table 14)

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

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