South Sector
South Sector
Toryglen
Ibrox and Kingston
Greater Govan
North Cardonald and Penilee
Bellahouston, Craigton and Mosspark
Pollokshaws and Mansewood
Newlands and Cathcart
Crookston and South Cardonald
Govanhill
Corkerhill and North Pollok
Priesthill and Househillwood
South Nitshill and Darnley
Carmunnock
Arden and Carnwadric
Greater Gorbals
Pollokshields East
Pollokshields West
Shawlands and Strathbungo
Langside and Battlefield
King's Park and Mount Florida
Castlemilk
Croftfoot
Cathcart and Simshill
Children and Young People’s Profiles
*Please note that this profile is based on data from the 2011 Census.*
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Glasgow South has a population of 62,903 children and young people (aged 0-24 years).
Locality Comparison with Glasgow
The proportion of school age children in Glasgow South is higher than Glasgow as a whole. 22% of under 25s are from a minority ethnic group. 78% of children live within 400m of green space. The locality has fewer referrals to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (-18%) and lower levels of obesity in P1 children (-18%) than in Glasgow overall. S4 pupil attainment is higher (+4%) than the Glasgow average and 90% 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 (-6%) but communication delay in young children is higher than average (+12%).
Locality Trends
The number of 18-24 year olds in Glasgow South has decreased by 11% since 2011, while the number of 0-4 year olds has increased by 6%. Healthy life expectancy for males and females is approximately 1 year higher than Glasgow as a whole.
Pupil attainment in Glasgow is lower than in Scotland overall, while secondary school attendance is similar. The proportion of children and young people from minority ethnic groups is much higher than the Scotland average. Levels of child poverty and children living in overcrowded households are higher than average. More primary school children walk to school in Glasgow, while levels of obesity among P1 children are similar to the Scottish average.
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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