AberdeenCountsAberdeen, in numbers.Local help →Aberdeen · Scotland
Aberdeen City council area. Every figure carries its own date.
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats drawn from the available evidence. These are analytical judgements, not an official council assessment. Where a national comparison is available, lower housing costs, lower reported poor health and higher qualification shares are treated as relative strengths; this does not prove affordability or service quality.
strength
The average home price is £131,000 (July 2026) in Aberdeen City council area. This is about £66,000 lower than the Scotland average for the same month.
Housing costs matter most alongside earnings and the number of affordable homes available. A local average cannot tell us whether a particular household can afford its home.
What could help →weakness
The Scottish Housing Regulator identifies unresolved housing-service and safety concerns in its April 2026 engagement plan.
Proposed response: publish progress on overdue safety work and safely re-let empty homes, while protecting suitable accommodation for people who are homeless.
What could help →opportunity
Council evidence reports construction progressing on the new city-centre market, with improved walking connections part of its design.
The market could support food businesses and make a useful pedestrian connection. Those benefits need working entrances, accessible routes and an operating venue.
What could help →opportunity
38.1% of people aged 16 or over had a degree or higher (20 March 2022) in Aberdeen City council area. People aged 16+ with a degree or higher ranged from 17% in Northfield/Mastrick North to 56.4% in Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells — a gap of 39.4 percentage points.
Qualifications show one part of the skills available locally. They do not show whether people have secure jobs or work that uses those skills.
What could help →opportunity
Recorded-crime figures cover the whole Aberdeen City council area; they do not identify individual wards.
These are police-recorded crimes under Scottish counting rules. They cannot be ranked alongside the mapped incidents shown for other UK nations.
What could help →opportunity
3 named local projects or plans have official evidence in this collection.
A published plan makes responsibilities and intentions easier to inspect. It does not prove that funding is secured or that promised benefits have arrived.
What could help →The evidence gathered here does not yet support a distinct finding in this category.
| Evidence and response | Who could lead | Related published plans |
|---|---|---|
| Make the new market a clear route between the centre and stationsNew city-centre market: Construction reported progressing; completion not verified. | Aberdeen City Council | |
| Make council homes safe and bring empty homes back into useRegulator engagement plan published 2 April 2026; the review does not establish that the required improvements are complete. | Aberdeen City Council, with regulatory oversight | |
| Make room for homes people can affordThe average home price is £131,000 (July 2026) in Aberdeen City council area. | The housing and planning authorities, housing associations and developers | |
| Connect local skills to local opportunities38.1% with a degree or higher; 20 March 2022. People aged 16+ with a degree or higher ranged from 17% in Northfield/Mastrick North to 56.4% in Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells — a gap of 39.4 percentage points. 20 March 2022; 13 of 13 current wards have comparable figures. | Employers, colleges, universities and the relevant skills authority | |
| Target safety work where problems repeatUse the dated, complete periods shown in Crime and safety; keep anti-social behaviour separate. | The local police force, council community safety team and relevant services | No reviewed project is linked yet. This remains a proposal, with funding and delivery to establish. |