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Home / Census 2011 Information / Autism / Local Authorities / West Lothian

West Lothian

Population size is 175,118

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

701

aged 0-15 yrs

391

aged 16-64 yrs

17

aged 65+ yrs

In the whole population of West Lothian, 0.6% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 2.0%. 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

439

very good

397

good

195

fair

57

bad

21

very bad

Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

392

rented from council/housing association

545

private ownership

146

rented privately or living rent free

Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

113

long term sick or disabled

43

in paid employment

64

students

28

unemployed

16

retired

7

other

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People known to have autism

97.9%

were born in the UK

90.5%

are white and Scottish

92.3%

speak only English at home

Summary information

1,109 people are known to have autism; that's 0.6% of people

  • 166 girls and 535 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 1% of all girls and 3% of all boys aged 0-15

  • 56 girls and 184 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.6% of all girls and 1.9% of all boys aged 16-24

  • 701 children and 408 adults are known to have autism

  • 268 females and 841 males are known to have autism

  • 6% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 53.7% of all people; 9% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.2% of all people

  • 5% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 62.2% of all adults; 14% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 5.3% of all adults

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