Children and Young People's Profile

*Please note that this profile is based on data from the 2011 Census.*

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Tollcross and West Shettleston has a population of 4,532 children and young people (aged 0-24 years).

Neighbourhood Comparisons with Glasgow

The proportion of school age children in Tollcross and West Shettleston is slightly higher than Glasgow as a whole. % of under 25s are from a minority ethnic group.  81% of children live within 400m of green space. The neighbourhood has more referrals to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (+28%), victims of crime (+23%) and hospitalisations for dental treatment (+30%) than Glasgow overall. S4 pupil attainment is lower (-25%) than the Glasgow average and approximately 52% of 16-19 year olds are not in employment, education or training. Likely development difficulties in pre-school children are higher than the Glasgow average (+7%) but communication delay in young children is lower than average (-9%).

Neighbourhood Trends

The number of 0-4 year olds in Tollcross and West Shettleston has increased by 10% since 2011, while the number of 12-17 year olds has decreased by 12%.  Healthy life expectancy for males is approximately 4 years lower than Glasgow as a whole and 5 years lower for females.

Pupil attainment in Tollcross and West Shettleston is lower than in Glasgow overall while child poverty is higher and P1 obesity levels are similar to the Glasgow average. More children than the Glasgow average live in proximity to green space and primary school children are more likely to walk to school. Secondary school attendance is lower than the Glasgow average while referrals to children and adolescent mental health services are higher.

Notes

1.  Data sources: Census 2011, GCPH, Glasgow City Council, HMRC - Child Poverty Unit, ISD Scotland, National Records of Scotland (NRS), Transport Scotland, Sustrans, Police Scotland, the Scottish Government and the Urban Big Data Centre, Glasgow University.

2.  Indicators are aggregated using latest available datazone (2001 or 2011); neighbourhood boundaries based on 2001 datazones.

3.  All count figures of less than 5 (denoted as ‘< 5’) have been suppressed to avoid any potential identification.

4.  Populations presented in the population trend chart, also used to calculate healthy life expectancy estimates, use NRS small area population estimates for the years 2011 - 2015.

5.  ‘Healthy life expectancy’ is an estimate of the average number of years people are likely to spend in good health. It is calculated using population estimates, death registrations and self-assessed health from the 2011 Census.

6. Denotes children referred to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration for an offence or non-offence related reason.

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