Mintlaw’s story
3 listed buildings
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MintlawAberdeenshire
This town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland has a population of 2,832. A Band D home pays £1,686 in council tax.
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Population
2,832
Census 2022 · Aberdeenshire council
Median home
£200K
174 sales in 3 years
Median age
46.1
25% are 65+ · Aberdeenshire 21%
Degree level
21%
of residents 16+ · Scotland 32%
Walk, cycle, bus
13%
of commuters · Scotland 27%
Is Mintlaw a good place to live?
Mintlaw’s best grade is for cost of living (A+): homes sell for a median £200,400, about 3.8 times local household income. Pupils here do less well than most: school leavers’ results beat 27% of Scottish towns. Hazard risk is lower than in most UK towns (A). Health is a weak point: life expectancy is 77.8 for men and 85.1 for women.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, SEPA · life expectancy, ONS. Without street-level crime figures from Police Scotland, Mintlaw has no Safety Grade, and so no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
What makes Mintlaw stand out
The 3 things Mintlaw does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
13% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Scotland’s towns 27%)
Band D council tax
Council tax
£1,686 Band D
32% below the typical town in England and Wales’s £2,472, 2026–27
The council’s Band D; water and sewerage are billed on top. Scottish Government.
Degree level, 16+
Education
Degree-level qualifications, residents 16+ (Scotland’s towns 32%)
Aberdeenshire 29%.
How Mintlaw grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Mintlaw is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Without street-level crime figures from Police Scotland, Mintlaw has no Safety Grade, and so no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesA+Open →Hazard risk0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaAOpen →SchoolsSchools trail most of those comparedCOpen →HealthWeaker than most of the towns comparedC+Open →WalkabilityNear typical for the towns comparedB−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 Mintlaw.
HousingCost of living grade A+
Private renting is less common in Mintlaw than in Aberdeenshire’s towns or across Scotland’s towns: 5%
71% of households are owner-occupiers. Behind the median of £200,400: 174 sales in Mintlaw’s data zones, 2023 to 2025. Private rents average £869 a month across the Aberdeen and Shire council area.
£200Kmedian sale
Median sale price · 2023 to 2025, at early-2025 prices
Mintlaw£200K
Typical UK town£277K
71%
of households own their home · Scotland 60%
5%
rent privately · Scotland 13%
£869
average private rent a month, Aberdeen and Shire council area
£1,686
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.
SchoolsC
Mintlaw’s schools fall behind 73% of Scottish towns on results
Of its 3 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Some 1,178 pupils attend Mintlaw’s two primaries and one secondary.
CSchool Grade
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mintlaw Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 153 | – |
| Mintlaw AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 873 | C |
Scottish Government · school statistics and leavers’ results · The grade uses the secondaries its children go to; Scotland publishes no primary results by school.See all 3 schools →
Who lives here
Fewer people in Mintlaw hold a degree than in Aberdeenshire’s towns or Scotland’s towns: 21%
A quarter of residents have reached 65. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.9%, below Aberdeenshire’s towns (9.7%) and Scotland’s towns (12%) alike. Children are 16% of the town. Half of Mintlaw is older than 46.1, half younger.
46.1median age
MintlawAberdeenshireScotland
Ages · share of residents
25%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications20%
Apprenticeship12%
Highers or similar10%
Degree level21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Mintlaw | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.7% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 27% |
| 65+ | 25% | 21% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 12% | 10% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| Degree level | 21% | 29% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · Aberdeenshire and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
Health
5.8% of people in Mintlaw say their health is bad or very bad, against 4.5% in Aberdeenshire’s towns and 7.2% in Scotland’s towns
Nearly four fifths of Mintlaw’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, about level with Scotland’s towns (78%) and below Aberdeenshire’s towns (83%). A disability affects nearly a quarter of people locally.
79%good or very good healthC+Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 79%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 6%
| Census 2022 | Mintlaw | Aberdeenshire | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 83% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.8% | 4.5% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 24% | 20% | 24% |
77.8
life expectancy at birth, men (2020–24)
85.1
life expectancy at birth, women
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
History
Mintlaw’s listed buildings: 3, all Category C
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Relative to its size, Mintlaw keeps 11 listed buildings per 10,000 residents. Conservation areas cover 1% of the town’s land, about level with Scotland’s towns (1%) and above Aberdeenshire’s towns (0%).
3listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · Historic Environment Scotland
Category A0
Category B0
Category C3
0
scheduled monuments
0
gardens and designed landscapes
11
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical town in England and Wales 24
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
Work & commute
Only 13% of commuters in Mintlaw go to work without a car, fewer than in both Aberdeenshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns
Scotland’s Census was taken on 20 March 2022, a year after England and Wales’s lockdown census; 23% of workers were mainly at home, and shares here are of those who travelled.
Nearly four in five commuters drove, above both Aberdeenshire’s towns (77%) and Scotland’s towns (70%). For just over a fifth of commuters, work was under 5 km away. About 11% of its commuters stay in Mintlaw for work. Home was the main workplace for 23% of workers at the census.
13%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2022
Driving79%
On foot9%
Bus3%
Bicycle1%
21%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Scotland 44%
23%
worked mainly from home in March 2022
1.9%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
B−
Walkability: more walkable than 46% of UK towns
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Aberdeenshire Museums Discovery Centre and 2 more in and around Mintlaw
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Mintlaw. Best known first.
MuseumMuseumAberdeenshire Museums Discovery Centrein town
Abbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandDeer Abbey1.2 km outside town, to the west
MuseumAberdeenshire Farming Museum400 m outside town, to the west
Abbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandDeer Abbey1.2 km outside town, to the westMuseumAberdeenshire Farming Museum400 m outside town, to the westPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Deer Abbey: Deacon of Pndapetzim at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aberdeenshire Farming Museum: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Mintlaw
14pages on Mintlaw
The big questions
SafetyNot graded · 0% live in Scotland’s most crime-deprived fifthCost of livingA+Median home £200K · rent £869 a monthSchoolsC3 state schoolsHealthC+Life expectancy 77.8 (men), 85.1 (women)Work & commute46% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Mintlaw’s neighbours
The nearest towns and villages, from National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities. See them on the map →
PeterheadEllonFraserburghMintlaw
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mintlaw | 2,832 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Peterhead | 19,793 | 7.6 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Ellon | 10,138 | 11 | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Fraserburgh | 12,926 | 11 | — | A+ | — | D |
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 Mintlaw
How much is council tax in Mintlaw?
Band D council tax in Mintlaw is £1,686 for 2026–27, less than in 91% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Are schools in Mintlaw good?
GCSE results trail 73% of towns in England (Department for Education, Attainment 8). Mintlaw has 3 state schools; places are handled by the local council.
Is Mintlaw expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £200,400, against £277,000 in the typical town in England and Wales. On cost of living it is the 34th most affordable of 296 Scottish towns.
About Mintlaw
Town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Mintlaw is a locality of 2,832 people, in the Aberdeenshire 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
- 2,832 (Census 2022)
- Council
- Aberdeenshire
- Nation
- Scotland
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km²)
- NRS code
- S52000453
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.