Renfrewshire

Population size is 174,908

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  2. Autism

Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

552

aged 0-15 yrs


471

aged 16-64 yrs


22

aged 65+ yrs


In the whole population of Renfrewshire, 0.6% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 1.8%. This reflects availability of diagnostic services for autism, which have improved considerably over the last two decades.

Health

People who are known to have autism rate their health as

367

very good


377

good


204

fair


70

bad


27

very bad


Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

369

rented from council/housing association


505

private ownership


137

rented privately or living rent free


Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

156

long term sick or disabled


93

in paid employment


137

students


70

unemployed


18

retired


19

other


Other topics

People known to have autism

97.8%

were born in the UK


93.6%

are white and Scottish


96.0%

speak only English at home


Summary information

1,045 people are known to have autism; that's 0.6% of people


  • 128 girls and 424 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.9% of all girls and 2.7% of all boys aged 0-15


  • 52 girls and 227 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 2.3% of all boys aged 16-24


  • 552 children and 493 adults are known to have autism


  • 256 females and 789 males are known to have autism


  • 1% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 51.5% of all people; 6% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.5% of all people


  • 9% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 57.1% of all adults; 2% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 5.4% of all adults



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