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Home / Census 2011 Information / Autism / Local Authorities / Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire

Population size is 174,908

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

552

aged 0-15 yrs

471

aged 16-64 yrs

22

aged 65+ yrs

In the whole population of 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

367

very good

377

good

204

fair

70

bad

27

very bad

Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

369

rented from council/housing association

505

private ownership

137

rented privately or living rent free

Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

156

long term sick or disabled

93

in paid employment

137

students

70

unemployed

18

retired

19

other

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People known to have autism

97.8%

were born in the UK

93.6%

are white and Scottish

96.0%

speak only English at home

Summary information

1,045 people are known to have autism; that's 0.6% of people

  • 128 girls and 424 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.9% of all girls and 2.7% of all boys aged 0-15

  • 52 girls and 227 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 2.3% of all boys aged 16-24

  • 552 children and 493 adults are known to have autism

  • 256 females and 789 males are known to have autism

  • 1% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 51.5% of all people; 6% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.5% of all people

  • 9% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 57.1% of all adults; 2% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 5.4% of all adults

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