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Cults

Cults is a village in City of Aberdeen, Scotland, with a population of around 3,500. It has around 8 restaurants and cafés, with 18 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Aberdeen, 6.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cults area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Aberdeen City area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Aberdeen City
County
City of Aberdeen
Constituency
Aberdeen South
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 4° · 20% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:26Sunset 16:18

8h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Union Street Roadside, United Kingdom

Road safety

65 reported road collisions (2025)

37 killed or seriously injured · 75 casualties · 2.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

158 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 124 passed
  • 9 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Aberdeen (5.1 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aberdeen (5.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (6.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (2.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

78 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Dunmail Avenue Car Park (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches26
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

230,180 residents in Aberdeen City

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 67%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Douglas Lumsden

Conservative

Aberdeen South

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 11
  • Con 6
  • LD 3
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 19

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens22
  • Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£782 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,466 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 79% · Solar 21%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aberdeen South:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Cults railway station · 0.3 km

    Cults railway station was opened on 8 September 1853 by the Deeside Railway and served part of Cults with mansion houses such as Southfield, Wellwood, Woodbank, Inchgarth, Drumgarth and Norwood nearby. The Deeside Rai…

  • Shakkin' Briggie · 0.4 km

    St Devenick's Bridge is a disused suspension footbridge which crosses the River Dee from Ardoe to Cults near Aberdeen in Scotland.

  • Cults, Aberdeen · 0.5 km

    Cults is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. It lies on the banks of the River Dee and marks the eastern boundary of Royal Deeside.

  • Banchory-Devenick · 0.8 km

    Banchory-Devenick is a hamlet approximately two kilometres south of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire. The hamlet should not be confused with the historic civil parish of the…

  • Pitfodels railway station · 0.8 km

    Pitfodels railway station or Pitfodels Halt was opened on 2 July 1894 by the GNoSR and served a suburb of Aberdeen with housing and estates such as Wellwood, Inchgarth and Norwood. The halt was one of several victims…

  • West Cults railway station · 1.1 km

    West Cults railway station served the small suburban village of West Cults area within the parish of Peterculter from 1894 to 1937 on the Deeside Railway that ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater. It lay very close t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Cults?
Cults is a town in City of Aberdeen, Scotland, in the Aberdeen City local authority.
What is the population of Cults?
Cults has an approximate settlement population of 3,500.
How deprived is Cults?
The Aberdeen City local authority, which includes Cults, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.