City of Edinburgh

Population size is 476,626

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

1244

aged 0-15 yrs


1375

aged 16-64 yrs


62

aged 65+ yrs


In the whole population of Edinburgh, 0.6% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 1.7%. 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

957

very good


923

good


560

fair


161

bad


80

very bad


Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

891

rented from council/housing association


1119

private ownership


539

rented privately or living rent free


Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

414

long term sick or disabled


371

in paid employment


302

students


155

unemployed


71

retired


124

other


Other topics

People known to have autism

93.4%

were born in the UK


81.1%

are white and Scottish


89.8%

speak only English at home


Summary information

2,681 people are known to have autism; that's 0.6% of people


  • 244 girls and 1,000 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 2.7% of all boys aged 0-15


  • 128 girls and 518 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.4% of all girls and 1.5% of all boys aged 16-24


  • 1,244 children and 1,437 adults are known to have autism


  • 600 females and 2,081 males are known to have autism


  • 35.7% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 57.6% of all people; 3% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1% of all people


  • 25.8% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 59% of all adults; 10.8% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 4.6% of all adults



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