Newtonhill’s story
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NewtonhillAberdeenshire
3,182 people live in this town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Mortgage-free owners make up 41% of households.
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Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
3,182
Census 2022 · Aberdeenshire council
Median home
£227K
155 sales in 3 years
Median age
43.5
19% are 65+ · Aberdeenshire 21%
Degree level
37%
of residents 16+ · Scotland 32%
Walk, cycle, bus
6%
of commuters · Scotland 27%
Is Newtonhill a good place to live?
Newtonhill’s strongest subject is cost of living (A+): a typical home costs £227,300 and rent runs £869 a month. Getting around depends on the car: on the way to work, 6% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Natural hazards are less of a worry than in most UK towns (A−) — 0.1% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Council tax at Band D comes to £1,686.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2022 · flood risk, SEPA. Police Scotland publishes no street-level crime, which leaves Newtonhill without a Safety Grade or an overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
What makes Newtonhill stand out
The 3 things Newtonhill does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
6% 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.
Own outright
Housing
41% own outright
of households own their home with no mortgage (Scotland’s towns 32%)
How Newtonhill grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Scotland), ordered by how far Newtonhill is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Police Scotland publishes no street-level crime, which leaves Newtonhill without a Safety Grade or an overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
Cost of livingThe 58th most affordable of 296 Scottish towns: median sale £227,300, 4.4 years of area incomeA+Open →WalkabilityNear the bottom of the towns comparedD−Open →HealthLife expectancy 81.6 for men, 88.5 for womenA−Open →Hazard riskGraded on exposure to natural hazardsA−Open →SchoolsSchools do better than mostBOpen →
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 Newtonhill.
HousingCost of living grade A+
Newtonhill is a town of owners: 85% of households own their home, above Aberdeenshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns
Social housing holds nearly one in ten households, lower than both Aberdeenshire’s towns (20%) and Scotland’s towns (24%). 4% of households rent privately. 155 sales in Newtonhill’s data zones from 2023 to 2025 make up the median of £227,300.
£227Kmedian sale
Median sale price · 2023 to 2025, at early-2025 prices
Newtonhill£227K
Typical UK town£277K
85%
of households own their home · Scotland 60%
4%
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.
SchoolsB
School results in Newtonhill are better than in 63% of Scottish towns
Its one school is below. The town’s primary school has 335 pupils.
BSchool Grade
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtonhill SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 335 | – |
Scottish Government · school statistics and leavers’ results · The grade uses the secondaries its children go to; Scotland publishes no primary results by school.The Schools page →
Work & commute
Long commutes are the norm in Newtonhill: just 15% travel under 5 km, below 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; 30% of workers were mainly at home, and shares here are of those who travelled.
86% of commuters drove, above Aberdeenshire’s towns (77%) and Scotland’s towns (70%) alike. Unemployment benefit claims reached 1.6% of 16 to 64s in 2026. For every resident in work, Newtonhill has 0.2 jobs.
6%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2022
Driving86%
On foot3%
Bus2%
Train1%
15%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Scotland 44%
30%
worked mainly from home in March 2022
1.6%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D−
Walkability: more walkable than 4% of UK towns
Scotland’s Census 2022 (NRS), method of travel and distance to work · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
Just 3.2% of people in Newtonhill say their health is bad or very bad, fewer than in both Aberdeenshire’s towns and Scotland’s towns
Self-reported good health: 87% of Newtonhill’s residents. At the census, 17% of people here had a disability, below both Aberdeenshire’s towns (20%) and Scotland’s towns (24%). Men in Newtonhill can expect to live to 81.6, women to 88.5 (2020–24).
87%good or very good healthA−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 87%Fair 10%Bad or very bad 3%
| Census 2022 | Newtonhill | Aberdeenshire | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 83% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 4.5% | 7.2% |
| Activities limited (health or disability) | 17% | 20% | 24% |
81.6
life expectancy at birth, men (2020–24)
88.5
life expectancy at birth, women
Scotland’s Census 2022, general health and disability · Public Health Scotland life expectancy by intermediate zone, 2020–24 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
History
All 3 of Newtonhill’s listed buildings are Category C
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic Environment Scotland’s list holds 3 listed buildings inside its locality.
3listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · Historic Environment Scotland
Category A0
Category B0
Category C3
0
scheduled monuments
0
gardens and designed landscapes
9
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical town in England and Wales 24
Historic Environment Scotland list, October 2026 · OGL
Who lives here
More people in Newtonhill hold a degree than in Aberdeenshire’s towns or Scotland’s towns: 37%
Typical age in Newtonhill: 43.5, the median. 17% are under 15, near Aberdeenshire’s towns (17%) and higher than Scotland’s towns (15%). People aged 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
43.5median age
NewtonhillAberdeenshireScotland
Ages · share of residents
19%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications9%
Apprenticeship9%
Highers or similar11%
Degree level37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Scotland, 51% of residents are women.
| Newtonhill | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 15% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 27% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 19% |
| No qualifications | 9.1% | 16% | 17% |
| Apprenticeship | 9.4% | 10% | 7.5% |
| Highers or similar | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| Degree level | 37% | 29% | 32% |
Scotland’s Census 2022 · Aberdeenshire and Scotland: all residents of their towns · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Newtonhill
13pages on Newtonhill
The big questions
SafetyNot graded · 0% live in Scotland’s most crime-deprived fifthCost of livingA+Median home £227K · rent £869 a monthSchoolsB1 state schoolHealthA−Life expectancy 81.6 (men), 88.5 (women)Work & commute41% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA−0.1% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Newtonhill’s neighbours
The nearest towns and villages, from National Records of Scotland’s 2022 localities. See them on the map →
PortlethenStonehavenCove BayMilltimberPeterculterAberdeenKingswellsNewtonhill
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtonhill | 3,182 | — | — | A+ | — | A− |
| Portlethen | 8,965 | 2.2 | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Stonehaven | 11,164 | 5.3 | — | A+ | — | C |
| Cove Bay | 7,926 | 5.3 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Milltimber | 3,049 | 6 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Peterculter | 4,359 | 6.4 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Aberdeen | 192,968 | 8.4 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Kingswells | 4,776 | 9.1 | — | C | — | 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.
Questions about Newtonhill
How much is council tax in Newtonhill?
Band D council tax in Newtonhill 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.
Does Newtonhill flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Are schools in Newtonhill good?
GCSE results beat 63% of towns in England (Department for Education, Attainment 8). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by the local council.
About Newtonhill
Town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Newtonhill is a locality of 3,182 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
- 3,182 (Census 2022)
- Council
- Aberdeenshire
- Nation
- Scotland
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi (1.1 km²)
- NRS code
- S52000491
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.