# Environment in Aberdeenshire North 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. In: [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/scotland) ## Radon potential 1 km grid level. Source: BGS and UKHSA. Published as points, so there is no single figure for Aberdeenshire. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?place=S12000034) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) · https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/environment#l-radon-potential ## People in radon Affected Area squares Aberdeenshire: **86%** (2022, council level). Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. About 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%. - Against Scotland: 3.2 times (27%) - Against the UK: twice (44%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=S12000034) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon-affected-areas) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/scotland) · https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/environment#l-radon-affected-share ## Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) 1 km grid level. Source: Defra. Published as points, so there is no single figure for Aberdeenshire. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?place=S12000034) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide) · https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/environment#l-air-no2 ## Fine particles (PM2.5) 1 km grid level. Source: Defra. Published as points, so there is no single figure for Aberdeenshire. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/fine-particles?place=S12000034) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/fine-particles) · https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/environment#l-air-pm25 ## Green space Outline level, Great Britain only. Source: Ordnance Survey. Published as points, so there is no single figure for Aberdeenshire. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/green-space?place=S12000034) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/green-space) · https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/environment#l-green-space ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/housing) (8) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/crime) (6) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/people) (15) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/deprivation) (2) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/education) (2) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/connectivity) (5) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/economy) (4) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/council-tax) (2) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/services) (1) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/sources) (22) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/S12000034/data?family=environment ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/environment, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/environment#l-radon-potential. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/aberdeenshire/environment