Bieldside is attributed as one of the wealthiest areas in Scotland, and is home to the most millionaires per postcode outside London.

[2] Its residents include former UK Open winner Paul Lawrie and Stewart Milne.

Dalhebity House, Bieldside was the home of William Smith Gill, and his daughter Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy was born here, later to become the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Bieldside has some of the richest people in the United Kingdom as residents, including the oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood, Stewart Milne, owner of a construction group and reported to be worth £400 million, and oil company directors Ian Suttie and Bob Keiller, who all occupy high places in the Sunday Times Rich List, worth over £50 million.

Cults Academy pupils achieve extremely high Standard Grade and Higher exam results and in 2008 received The Sunday Times Scottish State Secondary School of the Year Award[4] and in recent history has never dropped out of the top three schools in Scotland.