93.1% of homes and businesses in the Aberdeen City council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 2.2 points in a year: 3,506 more premises can now order it. 175 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 132,364 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Aberdeen | Scotland | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 93.1% | 74% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 93.1% | 82.1% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.5% | 96.7% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.1% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
The Aberdeen City council area ranks 37th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| AB10 | 95% | 97% | 0% | 647 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB11 | 94% | 98% | 0.2% | 636 |
| AB12 | 88% | 96% | 2.2% | 722 |
| AB15 | 88% | 96% | 1.1% | 1105 |
| AB16 | 99% | 100% | 0.1% | 687 |
| AB21 | 75% | 95% | 1.3% | 815 |
| AB22 | 97% | 99% | 0.3% | 326 |
| AB23 | 69% | 96% | 1.7% | 338 |
| AB24 | 92% | 99% | 0% | 796 |
| AB25 | 95% | 99% | 0% | 467 |
93.1% of premises in the Aberdeen City council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 93.1% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Aberdeen City council area went from 90.9% in January 2025 to 93.1% in January 2026: 3,506 more premises.
175 premises in the Aberdeen City council area (0.1%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 32 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 59% of premises that can get full fibre in the Aberdeen City council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
Of the 10 postcode districts we cover for Aberdeen, AB16 has the most gigabit coverage (99% on average) and AB23 the least (69%).
100% of premises in the Aberdeen City council area have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 97.7%.