Aberdeen City: local statistics
Aberdeen City is a council area in Scotland, home to an estimated 230,180 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 8 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Aberdeen City, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Aberdeen City at £130,689 for July 2026, down 8.7% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the 3rd lowest in Scotland (average for Scotland: £196,349). This July figure is the lowest in the series, 33% below July 2016. The average price is 3.3 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Aberdeen City. That ratio is the 3rd lowest ratio of the 32 council areas in Scotland.
3.8% of Aberdeen City residents aged 16 to 64 (5,815 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for Scotland was 3.2%. A year earlier the rate was 3.4%. Over the last five years it peaked at 5.1% in August 2021 and was lowest at 3.0% in January 2024.
The ONS counted 10,195 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Aberdeen City in March 2026, 13% fewer than in 2016. That is 44 for every 1,000 residents, the 12th highest of the 32 council areas in Scotland.
Full-time employees living in Aberdeen City earned a median £781.70 a week in April 2025, or £40,020 over a year. That is 0.8% above the figure for Scotland and the 12th highest of 32 in Scotland. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £834.40, £52.70 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £559.00: a change of +40% before inflation.
An estimated 77.3% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Aberdeen City were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 5.2 points), against 74.6% across Scotland. Its lowest reading in the series was 71.9% and its highest 78.8%.
230,180 people lived in Aberdeen City in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of -0.5% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +1.5% (Scotland: +3.6%), close to the middle of the 32 council areas in Scotland (15th fastest growth). The series peaked at 231,320 in mid-2024.
Life expectancy at birth in Aberdeen City is 81.3 years for women and 77.3 years for men (2022 to 2024) (Scotland: 81.1 and 77.2). For women that is 0.3 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.6 more. It is close to the middle of the 32 council areas in Scotland (17th highest for women).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 226,680 |
| 2016 | 225,340 |
| 2017 | 223,890 |
| 2018 | 222,170 |
| 2019 | 222,760 |
| 2020 | 222,710 |
| 2021 | 220,630 |
| 2022 | 224,250 |
| 2023 | 230,150 |
| 2024 | 231,320 |
| 2025 | 230,180 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £194,934 |
| July 2017 | £179,855 |
| July 2018 | £170,663 |
| July 2019 | £159,094 |
| July 2020 | £151,528 |
| July 2021 | £157,431 |
| July 2022 | £156,094 |
| July 2023 | £147,871 |
| July 2024 | £144,556 |
| July 2025 | £143,198 |
| July 2026 | £130,689 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £559.00 a week |
| 2016 | £557.40 a week |
| 2017 | £546.30 a week |
| 2018 | £575.30 a week |
| 2019 | £599.50 a week |
| 2020 | £577.70 a week |
| 2021 | £587.80 a week |
| 2022 | £637.40 a week |
| 2023 | £728.30 a week |
| 2024 | £720.30 a week |
| 2025 | £781.70 a week |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 76.8% |
| 2016/17 | 72.9% |
| 2017/18 | 74.9% |
| 2018/19 | 75.7% |
| 2019/20 | 78.8% |
| 2020/21 | 73.4% |
| 2021/22 | 73.2% |
| 2022/23 | 71.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76.2% |
| 2024/25 | 75.4% |
| 2025/26 | 77.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 80.9 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 80.8 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 80.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 11,775 |
| 2017 | 11,485 |
| 2018 | 11,595 |
| 2019 | 11,625 |
| 2020 | 11,555 |
| 2021 | 11,140 |
| 2022 | 10,590 |
| 2023 | 10,300 |
| 2024 | 10,455 |
| 2025 | 10,240 |
| 2026 | 10,195 |
Questions about Aberdeen City
What is the average house price in Aberdeen City?
£130,689 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-8.7% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Aberdeen City?
The ONS claimant count was 5,815 in August 2026, 3.8% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average salary in Aberdeen City?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Aberdeen City was £781.70 a week in April 2025 (£40,020 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the population of Aberdeen City?
230,180 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Aberdeen City?
81.3 years for women and 77.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
Who has power over Aberdeen City
Every body that makes decisions for Aberdeen City, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Aberdeen City council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Aberdeen City in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government makes law for Scotland on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Aberdeen North: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party) MP
- Aberdeen South: Douglas Lumsden (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Average house price: Scottish figures come from Registers of Scotland.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for Scotland
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK unemployment rate · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in Scotland: Aberdeenshire · Falkirk · Highland · Perth and Kinross · Renfrewshire · West Lothian
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