Fraserburgh

Town

Town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Fraserburgh is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Fraserburgh add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 97% of people in Fraserburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population

12,489

379th least populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

67.3%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

3.3%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Fraserburgh compares

Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.

FraserburghMiddle

Population117 towns, Scotland · 2021

12,48948th least populated

People in radon Affected Area squares117 towns, Scotland · 2022

97%10th most people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage117 towns, Scotland · Jan 2026

67.3%6th lowest

Claimant rate117 towns, Scotland · Aug 2026

3.3%joint 44th highest

What is the population of Fraserburgh?

Fraserburgh had 12,489 usual residents at the census.

Fraserburgh is the 379th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Neighbourhoods in Fraserburgh

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Fraserburgh Central-Academy - 01	507	No figure	No figure	20.3%
Fraserburgh Central-Academy - 02	551	No figure	No figure	87.9%
Fraserburgh Central-Academy - 03	716	No figure	No figure	97.8%
Fraserburgh Central-Academy - 04	835	No figure	No figure	100.0%
Fraserburgh Harbour and Broadsea - 01	810	No figure	No figure	68.8%
Fraserburgh Harbour and Broadsea - 02	929	No figure	No figure	98.7%
Fraserburgh Harbour and Broadsea - 03	905	No figure	No figure	40.6%
Fraserburgh Harbour and Broadsea - 04	741	No figure	No figure	83.9%
Fraserburgh Lochpots - 01	627	No figure	No figure	0.3%
Fraserburgh Lochpots - 02	657	No figure	No figure	2.1%
Fraserburgh Lochpots - 03	1,007	No figure	No figure	57.4%
Fraserburgh Smiddyhill - 01	514	No figure	No figure	80.4%
Fraserburgh Smiddyhill - 02	555	No figure	No figure	82.5%
Fraserburgh Smiddyhill - 03	847	No figure	No figure	62.0%
Fraserburgh Smiddyhill - 04	638	No figure	No figure	71.1%
Fraserburgh Smiddyhill - 05	887	No figure	No figure	99.1%
Fraserburgh Smiddyhill - 06	638	No figure	No figure	97.6%
Rosehearty, Sandhaven and Tyrie - 02	558	No figure	No figure	99.1%

Your MP

Seamus LoganScottish National PartyMP for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

As of 18 October 2026, from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Council1

Aberdeenshire

Postcode districts covering Fraserburgh1

AB43

Middle areas in Fraserburgh4

Towns near Fraserburgh1

Peterhead

Fraserburgh in brief

Fraserburgh is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

About 12,465 people lived in Fraserburgh in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from NRS small-area estimates).

Fraserburgh had 12,489 usual residents at the census.

About 97% of people in Fraserburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Fraserburgh, 67.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Fraserburgh, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.