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Home / Census 2011 Information / Autism / Local Authorities / East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire

Population size is 122,676

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

327

aged 0-15 yrs

276

aged 16-64 yrs

10

aged 65+ yrs

In the whole population of East 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

210

very good

231

good

113

fair

43

bad

16

very bad

Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

182

rented from council/housing association

289

private ownership

72

rented privately or living rent free

Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

66

long term sick or disabled

47

in paid employment

124

students

24

unemployed

8

retired

17

other

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People known to have autism

98.9%

were born in the UK

89.9%

are white and Scottish

91.1%

speak only English at home

Summary information

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

  • 79 girls and 248 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 2.2% of all boys aged 0-15

  • 34 girls and 169 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 2.4% of all boys aged 16-24

  • 327 children and 286 adults are known to have autism

  • 137 females and 476 males are known to have autism

  • 3% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 49.8% of all people; 6% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.6% of all people

  • 4% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 55.1% of all adults; 4% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 6.1% of all adults

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