Corkerhill and North Pollok
The profiles on these pages provide a comprehensive overview of health and wellbeing in Glasgow. There are 60 profiles in total, covering Glasgow as a whole, the three sub-sectors of the city (North East, North West and South Glasgow) and 56 neighbourhoods across the city. They highlight differences in health and life circumstances across the city for a range of indicators organised under broad themes: population; cultural factors; environment and transport; socioeconomic factors; education; poverty; and health. The profiles are intended to be a resource for local communities and to inform action at neighbourhood level.
Corkerhill and North Pollok
Children and Young People's Profile
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Corkerhill and North Pollok has a population of 1,498 children and young people (aged 0-24 years).
Neighbourhood Comparisons with Glasgow
The proportion of school age children in Corkerhill and North Pollok is markedly higher than Glasgow as a whole. 7% of under 25s are from a minority ethnic group. 92% of children live within 400m of green space. The neighbourhood has higher proportions of hospitalisations for dental treatment (+55%) and referrals to children and adolescent mental health services (+90%) than Glasgow overall. S4 pupil attainment is lower (-30%) than the Glasgow average but 90% of children leaving school go onto a positive destination (higher/further education, employment or training). Likely development difficulties in pre-school children are slightly higher than the Glasgow average (+1%) and communication delay in young children is also higher than average (+33%).
Neighbourhood Trends
The number of 0-4 year olds in Corkerhill and North Pollok has decreased by 25% since 2011 and the number of 18-24 year olds has decreased by 6%. Healthy life expectancy for males is approximately 1 year lower than Glasgow as a whole and 4 years lower for females.
Pupil attainment and P1 obesity levels in Corkerhill and North Pollok are lower than the Glasgow average, while child poverty is higher. Although more children than average live in proximity to green space, primary school children are less likely to walk to school. Secondary school attendance and the proportion of children and young people from minority ethnic groups are lower than the Glasgow average but 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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