Environment in Aberdeenshire
Council areaNorth east Scotland. 264,640 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 6,318 square kilometres.
5 layers about environment for Aberdeenshire, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
Aberdeenshire’s 19 wards range from 53% to 100%.
Radon potential
1 km gridPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Aberdeenshire. The map shows each one.
People in radon Affected Area squares
CouncilAbout 86% of people in Aberdeenshire live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Across the UK the figure is 44%.
Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas.
- Against Scotland
- 3.2 times27%
- Against the UK
- twice44%
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
1 km gridPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Aberdeenshire. The map shows each one.
Fine particles (PM2.5)
1 km gridPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Aberdeenshire. The map shows each one.
Green space
OutlineGreat Britain onlyPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Aberdeenshire. The map shows each one.