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AB51 5YA area guide

Who lives in AB51 5YA, what homes sell for, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Neighbourhood: Inverurie South
Council: Aberdeenshire
Region: Scotland
Neighbourhood population: 807 (2024)

AB51 5YAAberdeenshire

At a glance

What AB51 5YA is like

AB51 5YA is a postcode in the Inverurie South area of Aberdeenshire. Because census and crime data isn’t published for single postcodes, the figures here cover the surrounding neighbourhood of about 807 people. 48.2% of households own their home, 10.1% rent privately and 39.1% are in social housing. The largest age group is 40–44, and 57.3% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for Scotland.

Scores

How AB51 5YA compares

Headline figures for AB51 5YA, set against Scotland as a whole.

AffluenceMore

4.0/ 10

Around the middle. Scored from 1 (most deprived in Scotland) to 10 (least deprived).

CrimeMore

29per 1,000

Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in Aberdeenshire a year, against 57 across Scotland.

TransportMore

0.8/ 10

Poor: 0 stations within a mile, 5 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore

5 schools within 2.0 miles. None has a published inspection grade.

What stands out

Worth knowing before you invest

Where AB51 5YA differs most from the national average.

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A lot of social housingLook closer
39.1% of homes are social housing, against 22.5% across Scotland.

Questions

AB51 5YA FAQs

Is AB51 5YA a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 4.0 out of 10 on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020, where 10 is the least deprived in Scotland. Transport connectivity scores 0.8 out of 10 (poor).

Is AB51 5YA safe?

How recorded crime here compares with the national average.

Police Scotland publishes crime by council area only. Aberdeenshire recorded 29 crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025-26, against 57 across Scotland.

Who lives in AB51 5YA?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 40–44, at 7.7% of residents. 48.2% of households own their home. The most common property type is semi-detached (36.6%).

Which council covers AB51 5YA?

The local authority for AB51 5YA is Aberdeenshire.

AB51 5YA comes under Aberdeenshire in Scotland. Council tax, planning applications and bin collections are handled there.

How well connected is AB51 5YA?

Connectivity scores 0.8 out of 10.

There are 5 bus stops within 800m and 0 stations and tram stops within a mile, scoring 0.8 out of 10 (poor). The nearest station is Kintore Railway Station, 1.3 miles away.

Sources: Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS); ONS mid-year population estimates; police recorded crime; the English, Welsh and Scottish indices of deprivation; ONS small area income estimates; ONS private rents; DfE, Welsh and Scottish school registers and Ofsted; DfT NaPTAN; ORR estimates of station usage; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

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