South Ayrshire

Population size is 112,799

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

271

aged 0-15 yrs


221

aged 16-64 yrs


21

aged 65+ yrs


In the whole population of South Ayrshire, 0.5% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 1.5%. 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

182

very good


178

good


100

fair


36

bad


17

very bad


Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

155

rented from council/housing association


271

private ownership


72

rented privately or living rent free


Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

62

long term sick or disabled


45

in paid employment


74

students


24

unemployed


18

retired


19

other


Other topics

People known to have autism

97.3%

were born in the UK


89.6%

are white and Scottish


96.3%

speak only English at home


Summary information

513 people are known to have autism; that's 0.5% of people


  • 57 girls and 214 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.6% of all girls and 2.3% of all boys aged 0-15


  • 22 girls and 106 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.4% of all girls and 1.9% of all boys aged 16-24


  • 271 children and 242 adults are known to have autism


  • 115 females and 398 males are known to have autism


  • 5% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 50.8% of all people; 3% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.4% of all people


  • 7% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 53.3% of all adults; 6% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 4.9% of all adults



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