Aberdeenshire

Key figures

7 of 9 measures have a published figure for Aberdeenshire · no figure for annual rent as a share of pay, band d council tax as a share of pay. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Aberdeenshire: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Aberdeenshire’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Aberdeenshire moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

Pay rose faster than the housing cost shown over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Independent coalition (2026) — Conservative 20, SNP 18, Liberal Democrat 14, Other and independent 11, Reform UK 7 of 70 seats.

Since 2016: SNP (largest party, no overall majority) (2016); Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2017–2019); SNP (largest party, no overall majority) (2020); Other parties or independents (largest party, no overall majority) (2021); Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2022–2024); Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Independent coalition (2025–2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Aberdeenshire’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

No recorded-crime data is loaded for this area. Coverage.

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 8.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£43,656
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 8.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20263,240people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262%
• Band D council tax in ScotlandYear ending March 2027 · up 10.0% on a year earlier · Scottish Government, published 31 March 2026£1,686
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 0.3 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026-2.2%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · down 2.2% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£197,863
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 0.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025265,080people
• Crimes recorded by the police in ScotlandYear ending March 2026 · up 1.5% on a year earlier · Scottish Government, published 23 June 20267,787crimes
• Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 peopleYear ending March 2026 · up 1.5% on a year earlier · Scottish Government, published 23 June 2026293.8per 10,000 population
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 5.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£825

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Aberdeenshire; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for Aberdeenshire, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• £27,5322008→£43,6562025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Aberdeenshire, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £27,532 in 2008 to £43,656 in 2025, a change of £16,124 or 58.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £43,656 in 2025 − £27,532 in 2008 = £16,124, which is 58.6% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Aberdeenshire, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £27,532 in 2008 to £43,656 in 2025, a change of £16,124 or 58.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5212008→£8252025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Aberdeenshire, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £521 in 2008 to £825 in 2025, a change of £304 or 58.3%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £825 in 2025 − £521 in 2008 = £304, which is 58.3% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 824.80 and 521.10, and 824.80 − 521.10 = 303.70.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Aberdeenshire, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £521 in 2008 to £825 in 2025, a change of £304 or 58.3%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 1,240Year to mid-2012→590Year to mid-2024

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Aberdeenshire, net internal migration by local authority fell from 1,240 in Year to mid-2012 to 590 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 650 or 52.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  590 in Year to mid-2024 − 1,240 in Year to mid-2012 = −650, which is 52.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Aberdeenshire, net internal migration by local authority fell from 1,240 in Year to mid-2012 to 590 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 650 or 52.4% (ONS).

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• 1,290Year to mid-2012→1,200Year to mid-2024

  International migration into a local authority

  In Aberdeenshire, international migration into a local authority fell from 1,290 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,200 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 90 or 7.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,200 in Year to mid-2024 − 1,290 in Year to mid-2012 = −90, which is 7.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Aberdeenshire, international migration into a local authority fell from 1,290 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,200 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 90 or 7.0% (ONS).

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• 950Year to mid-2012→680Year to mid-2024

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Aberdeenshire, international migration out of a local authority fell from 950 in Year to mid-2012 to 680 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 270 or 28.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  680 in Year to mid-2024 − 950 in Year to mid-2012 = −270, which is 28.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Aberdeenshire, international migration out of a local authority fell from 950 in Year to mid-2012 to 680 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 270 or 28.4% (ONS).

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• 340Year to mid-2012→520Year to mid-2024

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Aberdeenshire, net international migration by local authority rose from 340 in Year to mid-2012 to 520 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 180 or 52.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  520 in Year to mid-2024 − 340 in Year to mid-2012 = 180, which is 52.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Aberdeenshire, net international migration by local authority rose from 340 in Year to mid-2012 to 520 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 180 or 52.9% (ONS).

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• 2,786Year to mid-2012→1,966Year to mid-2024

  Births by local authority

  In Aberdeenshire, births by local authority fell from 2,786 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,966 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 820 or 29.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,966 in Year to mid-2024 − 2,786 in Year to mid-2012 = −820, which is 29.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Aberdeenshire, births by local authority fell from 2,786 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,966 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 820 or 29.4% (ONS).

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• 2,260Year to mid-2012→2,636Year to mid-2024

  Deaths by local authority

  In Aberdeenshire, deaths by local authority rose from 2,260 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,636 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 376 or 16.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,636 in Year to mid-2024 − 2,260 in Year to mid-2012 = 376, which is 16.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Aberdeenshire, deaths by local authority rose from 2,260 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,636 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 376 or 16.6% (ONS).

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• 526Year to mid-2012→-670Year to mid-2024

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Aberdeenshire, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 526 in Year to mid-2012 to -670 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 1,196 or 227.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -670 in Year to mid-2024 − 526 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,196, which is 227.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Aberdeenshire, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 526 in Year to mid-2012 to -670 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 1,196 or 227.4% (ONS).

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• -16Year to mid-2012→30Year to mid-2024

  Other population change by local authority

  In Aberdeenshire, other population change by local authority rose from -16 in Year to mid-2012 to 30 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 46 or 287.5% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  30 in Year to mid-2024 − -16 in Year to mid-2012 = 46, which is 287.5% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Aberdeenshire, other population change by local authority rose from -16 in Year to mid-2012 to 30 in Year to mid-2024, a change of 46 or 287.5% (ONS).

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Compare Aberdeenshire with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Aberdeenshire and Birmingham
• Aberdeenshire and Leeds
• Aberdeenshire and North Yorkshire
• Aberdeenshire and Somerset
• Aberdeenshire and Cornwall
• Aberdeenshire and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Nearby areas

The closest other local authorities, each with its own report card and a side-by-side comparison:

• Moray · compare
• Aberdeen City · compare
• Angus · compare
• Dundee City · compare
• Perth and Kinross · compare
• Fife · compare

Areas like Aberdeenshire

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to Aberdeenshire’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

• Stirling · compare
• Orkney Islands · compare
• Westmorland and Furness · compare
• Cumberland · compare
• East Dunbartonshire · compare
• Fylde · compare

Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Aberdeenshire said then and says now, with the periods named. Aberdeenshire since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Aberdeenshire are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.