Aberdeen

This city, with a population of 212,000, is about a third the size of Glasgow and less than half that of Edinburgh.

Its position on the edge of the North Sea makes it very important in Scotland's oil and natural gas industry. This is underlined by the fact that nearly a third (2,000 people) of its population of Other White residents are foreign-born people from the Netherlands, Norway and the United States who work in this industry. It also has higher proportions of people from the Other White British and Other groups, most likely for the same reason.

Aberdeen has the highest proportion of black people within its population of any large town or city in Scotland, although this is just 0.5% (975 people) of all residents.

• Profile of the Aberdeen metropolitan area, including data on population, health, housing and employment (Scotland's Census Results Online website)

Aberdeen

Population: 212,125

Ethnic group/sub-group		Population	Proportion compared to national average
White		205,974	97.1% 97.9%
	Scottish	181,718	85.6% 88.0%
	Other White British	16,682	7.86% 7.38%
	White Irish	1,531	0.72% 0.97%
	Other	6,043	2.84% 1.54%
Asian		2,041	0.96% 1.08%
	Indian	837	0.39% 0.29%
	Pakistani	407	0.19% 0.62%
	Bangladeshi	336	0.15% 0.03%
	Other South Asian	461	0.21% 0.12%
Mixed		863	0.40% 0.25%
Black		975	0.45% 0.15%
	Caribbean	159	0.07% 0.03%
	African	722	0.34% 0.10%
	Black Scottish or Other Black	94	0.04% 0.02%
Chinese		1,199	0.56% 0.32%
Other ethnic group		1,073	0.50% 0.18%

Source: General Register Office for Scotland, Census 2001

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