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

North Ayrshire

Population size is 138,146

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

382

aged 0-15 yrs

285

aged 16-64 yrs

19

aged 65+ yrs

In the whole population of North Ayrshire, 0.5% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 1.6%. 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

218

very good

232

good

165

fair

43

bad

28

very bad

Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

265

rented from council/housing association

304

private ownership

93

rented privately or living rent free

Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

109

long term sick or disabled

54

in paid employment

85

students

27

unemployed

15

retired

14

other

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People known to have autism

99.0%

were born in the UK

92.5%

are white and Scottish

93.2%

speak only English at home

Summary information

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

  • 82 girls and 300 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 2.4% of all boys aged 0-15

  • 39 girls and 113 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 1.5% of all boys aged 16-24

  • 382 children and 304 adults are known to have autism

  • 173 females and 513 males are known to have autism

  • 8% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 48.9% of all people; 1% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.6% of all people

  • 8% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 52% of all adults; 9% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 6.9% of all adults

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