Areas of Multiple Deprivation

Generally speaking, Grampian is an affluent part of Scotland. In the 2020 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), the Midstocket area of Aberdeen ranked the second least deprived in Scotland, and 116 areas in Grampian fell into the least deprived 10%. Meanwhile, eight areas in Grampian ranked among the 10% most deprived, and 20 in the 15% most deprived. This has shifted somewhat since 2016, with several more areas slipping down the league table of the most deprived in Scotland, and a reduction of those ranked most affluent.

Even with high levels of affluence overall, there is a significant demographic gap between the richest and poorest parts of Grampian. For example, combining SIMD and Census data, it is clear that a ethnic minorities are over-represented in deprived areas. On average, around a quarter (23%) of people in Grampian’s ten most deprived areas were ethnic minorities, up to nearly a third (32%) in Woodside (Aberdeen City). The figure was less than 15% in Grampian’s ten most affluent areas. However, ethnic minorities were over-represented in several affluent areas, especially around Aberdeen’s hospitals, emphasising the importance of ethnic minority workers in the health service.

The table below shows the ten most and least deprived areas in Grampian, with the proportions of different ethnicities among residents. While the figures are for 2012, most of these areas have remained in the same categories in 2016 and 2020. In more densely populated areas, one area may include several SIMD datazones, and often neighbouring datazones have similar SIMD scores. A lower score means a higher level of deprivation, based on measures of income, employment, health, education/skills, housing, crime, and geographic access to services.

Datazone	SIMD Rank	Area Name	All People	Scottish/ British	%	Total Ethnic Minorities	%	·	‘White’ Ethnic Minority	Mixed, Multiple or Other	Asian	African, Caribbean or Black
S01006634	500	Torry East	634	497	78%	137	22%	·	116	2	12	7
S01007126	536	Fraserburgh Harbour/Broadsea	927	626	67%	301	33%	·	287	4	5	5
S01006684	545	Woodside	684	477	70%	207	30%	·	135	15	30	27
S01006636	675	Torry East	870	700	80%	170	20%	·	133	12	8	17
S01006667	725	Seaton	741	537	72%	204	28%	·	132	9	35	28
S01007086	754	Peterhead Harbour	1132	808	71%	324	29%	·	280	7	323	4
S01006724	785	Northfield	1005	882	88%	123	12%	·	73	2	11	37
S01006729	878	Heathryfold/Middlefield	831	704	85%	127	15%	·	70	5	30	22
S01007088	884	Peterhead Harbour	539	452	84%	87	16%	·	83	2	2	0
S01006727	893	Heathryfold/Middlefield	1015	754	74%	261	26%	·	232	4	10	15
		Total	8378	6437	77%	1941	23%	·	1541	62	176	162

Datazone	SIMD Rank	Area Name	All People	Scottish/ British	%	Total Ethnic Minorities	%	·	‘White’ Ethnic Minority	Mixed, Multiple or Other	Asian	African, Caribbean or Black
S01006561	6975	Midstocket	766	664	87%	102	13%	·	40	21	30	11
S01006689	6969	Hilton	629	497	79%	132	21%	·	49	14	47	22
S01006935	6964	Westhill Central	699	659	94%	40	6%	·	17	4	19	0
S01006559	6958	Midstocket	607	487	80%	120	20%	·	85	3	30	2
S01006833	6957	Stonehaven North	455	423	93%	32	7%	·	23	3	4	2
S01006575	6956	West End South	951	786	83%	165	17%	·	99	18	38	10
S01006581	6955	West End South	889	787	89%	102	11%	·	74	6	17	5
S01006573	6949	West End North	724	607	84%	117	16%	·	83	10	13	11
S01006570	6946	Rosemount	791	608	77%	183	23%	·	73	12	68	30
S01006933	6945	Westhill North/South	580	554	96%	26	4%	·	10	4	8	4
		Total	7091	6072	86%	1019	14%	·	553	95	274	97

Demographic Data: Scotland’s Census 2011, Table LC2801SC.