Children and Young People's Profiles

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

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Temple and Anniesland has a population of 3,196 children and young people (aged 0-24 years).

Neighbourhood Comparisons with Glasgow

The proportion of school age children in Temple and Anniesland is lower than Glasgow as a whole. 10% of under 25s are from a minority ethnic group. 87% of children live within 400m of green space. The neighbourhood has fewer referrals to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (-49%) and offenders (-31%) but higher levels of obesity in P1 children (+28%) than Glasgow overall. S4 pupil attainment is lower (-12%) than the Glasgow average and 89% of children leaving school go onto a positive destination (higher/further education, employment or training). Likely development difficulties in pre-school children are lower than the Glasgow average (-3%) and communication delay in young children is also lower than average (-7%).

Neighbourhood Trends

The number of 18-24 year olds in Temple and Anniesland has decreased by 12% since 2011, while the number of 5-11 year olds has increased by 13%. Healthy life expectancy for males is on a par with Glasgow as a whole but is approximately 2 years higher for females.

Pupil attainment and child poverty in Temple and Anniesland are lower than in Glasgow overall, while P1 obesity levels are higher than the Glasgow average.  Although more children than average live in proximity to green space, primary school children are less likely to walk to school when compared to the Glasgow average. 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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