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Home / Census 2011 Information / Autism / Local Authorities / Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute

Population size is 88,166

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Population characteristics

Number of people with autism

256

aged 0-15 yrs

203

aged 16-64 yrs

12

aged 65+ yrs

In the whole population of Argyll and Bute, 0.5% 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 with autism rate their health as

205

very good

154

good

78

fair

27

bad

7

very bad

Health

Households

People with autism in private households

153

rented from council/housing association

227

private ownership

86

rented privately or living rent free

Employment and education

People aged 16 and over with autism

54

long term sick or disabled

59

in paid employment

53

students

23

unemployed

9

retired

17

other

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People known to have autism

94.5%

were born in the UK

79.0%

are white and Scottish

91.6%

speak only English at home

Summary information

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

  • 65 girls and 191 boys aged 0-15 known to have autism, that is 0.9% of all girls and 2.6% of all boys aged 0-15

  • 23 girls and 98 boys aged 16-24 known to have autism, that is 0.6% of all girls and 2.1% of all boys aged 16-24

  • 256 children and 215 adults are known to have autism

  • 123 females and 348 males are known to have autism

  • 43.5% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 51.6% of all people; 1.5% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.1% of all people

  • 27.4% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 57.2% of all adults; 10.7% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 3.9% of all adults

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