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A Band D home pays £1,748 in council tax. The town, home to 4,776 people, lies in the Aberdeen City council area, Scotland.
School results are strong: school leavers’ results beat 75% of Scottish towns. Most journeys need a car: 9% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. It takes 6.3 years of household income in the Aberdeen City council area to buy the median home, at £269,200. Natural hazards weigh less here than in most UK towns (A).
Figures: commuting, Census 2022 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS · flood risk, SEPA. Without street-level crime figures from Police Scotland, Kingswells has no Safety Grade, and so no overall grade. Every other subject still has a grade below.
The 3 things Kingswells does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Kingswells is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Without street-level crime figures from Police Scotland, Kingswells has no Safety Grade, and so no overall grade. Every other subject still has a grade below.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic Environment Scotland lists 3 buildings inside Kingswells’s locality, 1 of them in the second category, and 2 scheduled monuments.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kingswells.
Scotland’s Census was taken on 20 March 2022, a year after England and Wales’s lockdown census; 31% of workers were mainly at home, and shares here are of those who travelled.
27% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. Unemployment benefit claims came to 1% of 16 to 64s in 2026, lower than both Aberdeen City council area’s towns (1.7%) and Scotland’s towns (2.8%). For every resident in work, Kingswells has 1.3 jobs. Work in town: 3% of resident commuters.
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
Its one school is below. The town’s primary school has 417 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswells SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 417 | – |
At the census, 90% of people in Kingswells called their health good or very good, higher than both Aberdeen City council area’s towns (82%) and Scotland’s towns (78%). Of the 6 towns in Aberdeen City council area, Kingswells has the smallest share in bad or very bad health: 2.8%. Also worth knowing: life expectancy here is 83.9 for women and 79.7 for men (2020–24).
| Census 2022 | Kingswells | Aberdeen City council area | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 90% | 82% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.8% | 5.2% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 13% | 20% | 24% |
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
3% live in social housing, below both Aberdeen City council area’s towns (22%) and Scotland’s towns (24%). Private tenants account for 8% of households. Kingswells is the second most expensive of the 6 towns in the Aberdeen City council area, at £269,200.
Registers of Scotland data-zone sale prices · Scottish Government council tax · Scotland’s Census 2022 tenure · OGL · The Scottish median is our estimate from data-zone sales, brought to early-2025 prices.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Only one town in the Aberdeen City council area has fewer listed buildings for its size than Kingswells. The town counts 3 listed buildings on the national list (Historic Environment Scotland): 1 Category B. The national list protects 2 ancient monuments in the town.
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
Residents of Kingswells have a median age of 43. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 18%, above Aberdeen City council area’s towns (15%) and Scotland’s towns (15%) alike. People 65 and over make up 15% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
| Kingswells | Aberdeen City council area | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 24% | 27% |
| 65+ | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 6.2% | 13% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.5% | 6.9% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| Degree level | 49% | 38% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · Aberdeen City council area and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Kingswells. Best known first.
MuseumThe Gordon Highlanders Museum3.9 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumAberdeen Treasure Hub3.1 km outside town, to the eastZooZooWynford Farm Park2 km outside town, to the northwestZooZooPets Corner2.1 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
3 listed buildings in Kingswells.
Kingswells, consumption dykes 415m N and 685m NNE of Home Farm: Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fairley House: Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest towns and villages, from National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswells | 4,776 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Westhill | 11,778 | 2.8 | — | A+ | — | A |
| Dyce | 6,998 | 3.4 | — | A− | — | C |
| Aberdeen | 192,968 | 3.5 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Milltimber | 3,049 | 3.5 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Blackburn | 2,985 | 4.2 | — | A+ | — | A |
| Peterculter | 4,359 | 4.4 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Cove Bay | 7,926 | 6.3 | — | B+ | — | B− |
No Scottish town has a Safety Grade or an overall grade yet: Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime. People: Census 2022. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results beat 75% of towns in England (Department for Education, Attainment 8). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by the local council.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Band D council tax in Kingswells is £1,748 for 2026–27, less than in 87% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Aberdeen City, Scotland
Kingswells is a locality of 4,776 people, in the Aberdeen City council area. TownRatings uses National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities as Scotland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council area, so its figures cover the town itself. Localities split the big settlements into their towns, as ONS’s 2022 boundaries split conurbations in England and Wales.
Built from NRS geography and Census 2022
Sources: Scotland’s Census 2022 (National Records of Scotland), output areas summed to the NRS 2022 locality · Registers of Scotland house price statistics, medians and quartiles of residential sales by 2022 data zone, 2004 to 2025 (the 2023 to 2025 headline brought to early-2025 prices with each council’s medians) · Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27; Scottish Water charges 2026-27 · Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland (crimes, offences and clear-up rates by council area, 2016-17 to 2025-26); Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2 crime domain and SIMD crime indicators (2014/15, 2017/18), 2011 data zones with Census 2022 residents · ONS gross disposable household income by council (2022), scaled to household income on England and Wales’s councils, with Scotland’s Census 2022 households · DWP / ONS Claimant Count via Nomis (2022 data zones, January to August 2026), over residents aged 16 to 64 at Scotland’s Census 2022; council series since 2015 · Scottish Government school contact list (31 July 2026) and school summary statistics (pupil census, September 2025); School Information Dashboard leavers’ attainment by school, 2022-23 to 2024-25 (data.gov.scot) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.