Children and Young People's Profiles

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Toryglen has a population of 1,261 children and young people (aged 0-24 years).

Neighbourhood Comparisons with Glasgow

The proportion of school age children in Toryglen is higher than Glasgow as a whole.  16% of under 25s are from a minority ethnic group.  97% of children live within 400m of green space.  The neighbourhood has higher levels of obesity in P1 children (+84%) and more victims of crime (+40%) than Glasgow overall but fewer referrals to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (-43%).  S4 pupil attainment is lower (-13%) than the Glasgow average and 84% 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 (-60%) but communication delay in young children is slightly higher than average (+1%).

Neighbourhood Trends

The number of 0-24 year olds in Toryglen has decreased by 10% since 2011, with the largest decreases being among 12-17 year olds (20%) and 18-24 year olds (15%).   Healthy life expectancy for males is approximately 4 years lower than Glasgow as a whole and 5 years lower for females.

Pupil attainment in Toryglen is lower than in Glasgow overall, while child poverty is slightly higher than the Glasgow average and P1 obesity levels are markedly higher.  More children live in proximity to green space and primary school children are more likely to walk to school.  Secondary school attendance, referrals to children and adolescent mental health services and the proportion of children and young people from minority ethnic groups are similar to the Glasgow 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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