Aberdeen
Aberdeen is covered by postcode districts AB10, AB11, AB15, AB16, AB24, AB25 and 5 more. It is in the Aberdeen City council area, Scotland.
Every postcode in Aberdeen, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 139
- Some can get gigabit: 482
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 4,509
- Ofcom gives no figure: 238
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 5,368 postcodes in Aberdeen that ONS places, 139 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 482 have some that can, 4,509 can all get it and 238 have no Ofcom figure.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 57.1515, longitude -2.1270. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.
Postcodes without gigabit
139 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 13 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB24 3EY, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 9 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB15 9PD, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB10 1BQ, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. AB15 9LH, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What is it like to live in Aberdeen?
At 4,509 of the 5,130 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 41 primary schools and 10 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. The nearest railway station is Aberdeen, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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Sources: Ofcom Connected Nations; Scottish Government school list; NaPTAN. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
Are new homes being built in Aberdeen?
131 of the 5,368 postcodes now in use in Aberdeen came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Aberdeen?
Ofcom reports on 5,130 of the 5,368 postcodes in Aberdeen. At 4,509 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Which schools are in Aberdeen?
The open schools at the postcodes in Aberdeen (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Mile End School750 m School website
- St Joseph's RC School1.0 km School website
- Skene Square School1.0 km School website
- Cornhill School1.0 km School website
- Gilcomstoun School1.1 km School website
- Ashley Road School1.5 km School website
- Kittybrewster School1.5 km School website
- Sunnybank School1.6 km School website
Source: Scottish Government school list, read 27 October 2026. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each school opens its website, where the council lists one.
How far is the station from Aberdeen?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Aberdeen is Aberdeen Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.
- Aberdeen Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
- Dyce Rail Station Railway station 7.2 kmDrive
- Portlethen Rail Station Railway station 10.0 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Who runs Aberdeen?
- Council
- Aberdeen City
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Aberdeen South (2,821) and Aberdeen North (2,547)
- Police force area
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; National Records of Scotland localities.
Moving to Aberdeen
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Aberdeen City about council tax Council tax, on aberdeencity.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Aberdeen postcodes
5,368 postcodes in use in Aberdeen, by district:
Those districts are all in the AB postcode area.
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Places near Aberdeen
Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Aberdeen
- What is the postcode for Aberdeen?
- Postcode districts AB10, AB11, AB15, AB16, AB24, AB25 and 5 more, with 5,368 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Aberdeen in?
- Aberdeen City. Source: ONS.
- What schools are in Aberdeen?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Mile End School, St Joseph's RC School and Skene Square School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Aberdeen Grammar School, Harlaw Academy and Northfield Academy. Source: Scottish Government.
- Does Aberdeen have a railway station?
- The nearest is Aberdeen station, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Aberdeen?
- Ofcom reports on 5,130 of the 5,368 postcodes in Aberdeen. At 4,509 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Aberdeen?
- 131 of the 5,368 postcodes now in use in Aberdeen came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. Source: ONS.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- National Records of Scotland localities
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Scottish Government school list
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
Contains National Records of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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