East Renfrewshire

Population size is 90,574

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

331

aged 0-15 yrs


243

aged 16-64 yrs


6

aged 65+ yrs


In the whole population of East 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

303

very good


161

good


91

fair


17

bad


8

very bad


Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

100

rented from council/housing association


423

private ownership


54

rented privately or living rent free


Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

82

long term sick or disabled


50

in paid employment


79

students


25

unemployed


6

retired


7

other


Other topics

People known to have autism

97.6%

were born in the UK


89.1%

are white and Scottish


94.4%

speak only English at home


Summary information

580 people are known to have autism; that's 0.6% of people


  • 71 girls and 260 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.8% of all girls and 2.8% of all boys aged 0-15


  • 28 girls and 121 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.6% of all girls and 2.3% of all boys aged 16-24


  • 331 children and 249 adults are known to have autism


  • 125 females and 455 males are known to have autism


  • 2% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 58.8% of all people; 4% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1% of all people


  • 1% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 58.8% of all adults; 10% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 3.8% of all adults



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