Gaff Guide

Cheapest places to live in Scotland

Official UK House Price Index, August 2026.

The cheapest place to live in Scotland is Inverclyde, where the average home sold for £114,526 in August 2026, 2.0% down on a year earlier. We ranked all 32 local authority areas in Scotland by average sold price.

Top 20 cheapest areas

  1. 1Inverclyde£114,5262.0% down
  2. 2West Dunbartonshire£132,3457.9% up
  3. 3City of Aberdeen£133,7825.2% down
  4. 4East Ayrshire£138,2063.6% up
  5. 5North Ayrshire£140,5774.8% up
  6. 6Na h-Eileanan siar£147,41613.6% up
  7. 7City of Dundee£147,9743.9% up
  8. 8Renfrewshire£157,7385.2% down
  9. 9North Lanarkshire£161,1633.9% up
  10. 10Clackmannanshire£171,1540.5% down
  11. 11Dumfries and Galloway£171,8543.9% up
  12. 12South Ayrshire£173,1265.8% up
  13. 13Falkirk£174,1645.3% up
  14. 14Angus£178,4246.1% up
  15. 15Shetland Islands£180,86911.2% down
  16. 16Fife£182,4635.1% up
  17. 17South Lanarkshire£186,1963.9% up
  18. 18Argyll and Bute£192,7353.7% up
  19. 19City of Glasgow£194,3821.8% up
  20. 20Scottish Borders£195,0453.6% up

Cheapest by home type

  • Flats

    Na h-Eileanan siar · £72,968

  • Terraced houses

    Na h-Eileanan siar · £94,376

  • Semi-detached houses

    Na h-Eileanan siar · £123,115

  • Detached houses

    Na h-Eileanan siar · £184,929

How we ranked this

Each area is a council or local authority, ranked by its average sold price in the official UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services). This ranks house prices only, not rent or wider living costs. The list updates automatically each month.

Questions

What is the cheapest place to live in Scotland?
By average house price, Inverclyde is the cheapest local area in Scotland, where homes sold for an average of £114,526 in August 2026.
How does Inverclyde compare with the rest of Scotland?
The typical local area in Scotland has an average price of £186,196, so Inverclyde is £71,670 cheaper than the middle of the table.
Where are flats cheapest in Scotland?
Na h-Eileanan siar, with an average flat price of £72,968.
How often is this list updated?
Every month. The figures come straight from the official UK House Price Index, so this page updates itself when new data is published.

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