Aberdeenshire Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Aberdeenshire Council is the one council for Aberdeenshire: it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 9,905 postcodes in use in Aberdeenshire, in 26 postcode districts across 2 postcode areas.

48% of homes and businesses in Aberdeenshire can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says.

Its own pages listed
18
Postcodes in use
9,905
Postcode districts
26
Towns and villages
27

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Aberdeenshire Council

aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on Aberdeenshire Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Bins and recycling

Council tax

Planning and building

Housing

Roads and parking

Report a problem

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Aberdeenshire Council. GOV.UK lists 21. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 2 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else), and 1 more did not open for us. We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Aberdeenshire?

Across Aberdeenshire, 48% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 48% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre48% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)48% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)91% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in Aberdeenshire?

Band D for 2026‑27: £1,686 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is nearly two and a half times it.

BandA year
Band A£1,124
Band B£1,311
Band C£1,499
Band D£1,686
Band E£2,215
Band F£2,740
Band G£3,302
Band H£4,131

Band D is the average across the area, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. The figures do not include water and sewerage charges. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band with the Scottish Assessors

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27, published 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcode districts with postcodes in Aberdeenshire

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

AB postcode area: Aberdeen, postcodes in use here:9,663 of 17,413DD postcode area: Dundee, postcodes in use here:242 of 9,123

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Aberdeenshire.

Towns and villages

PeterheadInverurieFraserburghStonehavenWesthillEllonBanchoryTurriffPortlethenHuntlyBanffMacduffKintoreLaurencekirkOldmeldrumAlford, AberdeenshireBallaterAboyneMintlawKemnayInschNewmacharBlackburn, AberdeenshirePortsoy

The 24 with the most postcodes in Aberdeenshire, of 27. Browse places A to Z.

Is an address in Aberdeenshire?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

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What Aberdeenshire covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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