Milltimber’s story
4 listed buildings, 1 of them in the second category
Historic Environment Scotland lists them inside Milltimber’s locality.
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MilltimberAberdeen City council area
3,049 residents make their home in this town in the Aberdeen City council area, Scotland.
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Photo: Andrew Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
3,049
Census 2022 · Aberdeen City council
Median home
£392K
231 sales in 3 years
Median age
45.1
23% are 65+ · Aberdeen City council area 17%
Degree level
58%
of residents 16+ · Scotland 32%
Walk, cycle, bus
10%
of commuters · Scotland 27%
Is Milltimber a good place to live?
Milltimber’s strongest subject is schools — school leavers’ results beat 99% of Scottish towns. The weak point is cost of living (C−): a typical home costs £392,200 and rent runs £869 a month. It also trails on walkability: 10% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. A degree-level qualification is held by 58% of adults.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2022. Milltimber has no Safety Grade, because Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, and so no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
What makes Milltimber stand out
The 3 things Milltimber does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
10% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Scotland’s towns 27%)
Secondary results, Scottish towns
Schools
Secondary results beat 99%
of Scottish towns, on school leavers’ results (5+ awards at National 5 or better)
Scottish Government, secondaries in or within 3 km.
Degree level, 16+
Education
Degree-level qualifications, residents 16+ (Scotland’s towns 32%)
Aberdeen City council area 38%.
How Milltimber grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Milltimber is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Milltimber has no Safety Grade, because Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, and so no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
SchoolsSchools rank among the strongest comparedA+Open →Cost of livingThe least affordable of 296 Scottish towns: median sale £392,200, 9.2 years of area incomeC−Open →WalkabilityBelow the middle of the towns comparedC−Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesB+Open →Hazard risk0.3% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaB+Open →
SafetyNo street-level crime data–
Jobs & incomeNo small-area income data in Scotland–
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Milltimber.
Who lives here
A town of families: 21% of people in Milltimber are under 15, more than in Aberdeen City council area’s towns or Scotland’s towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, lower than both Aberdeen City council area’s towns (14%) and Scotland’s towns (12%). Over-65s are 23% of the population. The median resident of Milltimber is 45.1 years old.
45.1median age
MilltimberAberdeen City council areaScotland
Ages · share of residents
23%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications10%
Apprenticeship4%
Highers or similar9%
Degree level58%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
| Milltimber | Aberdeen City council area | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 29% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 27% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 13% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.8% | 6.9% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| Degree level | 58% | 38% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · Aberdeen City council area and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
HousingCost of living grade C−
Buying in Milltimber costs more than in Aberdeen City council area’s towns or Scotland’s towns, at an estimated median of £392K
5% of households are private tenants. Milltimber is the most expensive of the 6 towns in the Aberdeen City council area: its median sale is £392,200. Social housing holds 1% of households, below both Aberdeen City council area’s towns (22%) and Scotland’s towns (24%). Home ownership stands at 92% of households.
£392Kmedian sale
Median sale price · 2023 to 2025, at early-2025 prices
Milltimber£392K
Typical UK town£277K
92%
of households own their home · Scotland 60%
5%
rent privately · Scotland 13%
£869
average private rent a month, Aberdeen and Shire council area
£1,748
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
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.
Work & commute
Work tends to be further away for Milltimber: 9% commute under 5 km, below Aberdeen City council area’s towns and Scotland’s towns
Scotland’s Census was taken on 20 March 2022, a year after England and Wales’s lockdown census; 37% of workers were mainly at home, and shares here are of those who travelled.
86% of commuters drove, above both Aberdeen City council area’s towns (65%) and Scotland’s towns (70%). Unemployment benefit claims reached 0.8% of 16 to 64s in 2026. Milltimber counts 0.6 jobs per working resident.
10%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2022
Driving86%
On foot4%
Bus3%
Bicycle3%
9%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Scotland 44%
37%
worked mainly from home in March 2022
0.8%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
C−
Walkability: more walkable than 24% of UK towns
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
88% of people in Milltimber say their health is good or very good, more than in Aberdeen City council area’s towns or across Scotland’s towns
At the census, 4.4% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, lower than both Aberdeen City council area’s towns (5.2%) and Scotland’s towns (7.2%). 17% of residents in Milltimber live with a disability. Life expectancy here is 84.3 for women and 82.5 for men (2020–24).
88%good or very good healthB+Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 88%Fair 8%Bad or very bad 4%
| Census 2022 | Milltimber | Aberdeen City council area | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 88% | 82% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.4% | 5.2% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 17% | 20% | 24% |
82.5
life expectancy at birth, men (2020–24)
84.3
life expectancy at birth, women
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
History
Among Milltimber’s 4 listed buildings: Murtle House, Category B
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For its size, Milltimber has 13 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, below Aberdeen City council area’s towns (21) and Scotland’s towns (22) alike.
4listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · Historic Environment Scotland
Category A0
Category B1
Category C3
Among them · Category B
- Murtle House Category B
0
scheduled monuments
0
gardens and designed landscapes
13
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical town in England and Wales 24
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Drum Castle and 5 more in and around Milltimber
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Milltimber. Best known first.
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandDrum Castle4.8 km outside town, to the west
MuseumBlairs Museum800 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumThe Gordon Highlanders Museum4.9 km outside town, to the northeast
GardenDrum Castle Rose Garden4.6 km outside town, to the westTheme parkTheme parkThe Den & the Glen1.8 km outside town, to the southZooZooPets Corner3.9 km outside town, to the northeastPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Drum Castle: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blairs Museum: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Gordon Highlanders Museum: LindaAnn08, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drum Castle Rose Garden: Watty62, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Milltimber
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The big questions
Out and about
Milltimber’s neighbours
The nearest towns and villages, from National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities. See them on the map →
PeterculterKingswellsWesthillPortlethenAberdeenCove BayNewtonhillMilltimber
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milltimber | 3,049 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Peterculter | 4,359 | 1.5 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Kingswells | 4,776 | 3.5 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Westhill | 11,778 | 4.1 | — | A+ | — | A |
| Portlethen | 8,965 | 4.7 | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Aberdeen | 192,968 | 4.9 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Cove Bay | 7,926 | 5.3 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Newtonhill | 3,182 | 6 | — | A+ | — | A− |
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.
Questions about Milltimber
Are schools in Milltimber good?
GCSE results beat 99% of towns in England (Department for Education, Attainment 8). Places are handled by the local council.
Is Milltimber expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £392,200, against £277,000 in the typical town in England and Wales. On cost of living it is the least affordable of 296 Scottish towns.
About Milltimber
Town in Aberdeen City, Scotland
Milltimber is a locality of 3,049 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
- Population
- 3,049 (Census 2022)
- Council
- Aberdeen City
- Nation
- Scotland
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi (2.4 km²)
- NRS code
- S52000446
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.