Anniesland, Jordanhill and Whiteinch

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Anniesland, Jordanhill and Whiteinch

Children and Young People's Profile

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Anniesland, Jordanhill and Whiteinch has a population of 2,939 children and young people (aged 0-24 years).

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Neighbourhood Comparisons with Glasgow

The proportion of school age children in Anniesland, Jordanhill and Whiteinch is markedly higher than Glasgow as a whole.  10% of under 25s are from a minority ethnic group.  85% of children live within 400m of green space.  The neighbourhood has fewer referrals to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (-49%), fewer offenders (-52%) and less overcrowding (-34%) than in Glasgow overall.  S4 pupil attainment is higher (+66%) than the Glasgow average and 94% 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 (-61%) and communication delay in young children is also lower than average (-34%).

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Neighbourhood Trends

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The number of 18-24 year olds in Anniesland, Jordanhill and Whiteinch has decreased by 17% since 2011, while the number of 5-11 year olds has increased by 8%.  Healthy life expectancy for males is approximately 6 years higher than Glasgow as a whole and 7 years higher for females.

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Pupil attainment in Anniesland, Jordanhill and Whiteinch is higher than in Glasgow overall, while child poverty and P1 obesity levels are lower 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 and referrals to children and adolescent mental health services are on a par with 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.

There is a notes and definitions for children and young people profiles.

There is a children and young people profiles workbook This workbook also includes alternative output formats and further breakdowns of some of the variables.