Leith/Leith Walk Information Pack

Leith/Leith Walk information pack

This document shows data for the Leith/Leith Walk areas of Edinburgh in comparison to citywide figures. It does not include all datasets available but aims to give a broad picture of these areas.

October 2019

Contents: Chart 1: Age profile ------3 Chart 2: Ethnic composition ------3 Chart 3: Socio economic classification ------4 Chart 4: Employment status ------4 Chart 5: Household composition ------5 Chart 6: Household tenure ------5 Chart 7: Car availability ------6 Chart 8: Rating of household income ------6 Chart 9: Average household income ------7 Chart 10: Change in household income ------7 Chart 11: Children in Poverty ------8 Chart 12: Children participating in education, training or employment ------8 Chart 13: Participation in Sport ------9 Chart 14: Participation in Exercise ------9 Chart 15: Male Life Expectancy ------10 Chart 16: Female Life Expectancy ------10 Chart 17: Early death from cancer ------11 Chart 18: Early death from coronary disease ------11 Chart 19: People’s perception of health ------12 Chart 20: GP Cluster satisfaction ------12 Chart 21: Perception of crime and safety ------13 Chart 22: Perception of antisocial behaviour ------13 Chart 23: Perception of response to antisocial behaviour ------14 Chart 24: Perception of green spaces ------14 Chart 25 – 27: Air pollution ------15 Chart 28: Perception of being kept informed ------16 Chart 29: Perception of community connectedness ------16 Chart 30: Community participation ------17

Chart 1

Age profiles (percentages) (NRS population estimates, 2017)

2.2 Age: 85+ 1.4 1.2 12.8 Age: 65-84 7.6 9.3 23.3 Age: 45-64 19.8 22.9 33.7 Age: 25-44 52.5 45.6 12.8 Age: 16-24 9.0 7.3 3.2 Age: 12-15 1.6 2.0 6.9 Higher proportion of younger working Age: 5-11 4.1 6.1 adult population (25 - 44 year olds) 5.1 Age: 0-4 4.1 5.5 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 Edinburgh Leith Walk Leith Datasource: National Record of Scotland datasets (NRS) - https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/ Chart 2

Ethnic composition(percentages) (Census 2011) 1.6 Other/Mixed 1.7 1.8

1.2 African/Caribbean 1.1 Higher Asian proportion within Leith 1.4

5.5 Asian 8.1 4.6

91.7 White 89.1 92.2

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Edinburgh Leith Walk Leith

Datasource: Census 2011 data - https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011census

Chart 3

Socio-economic classification (percentages) (Census 2011) 15.5 FT student 12.7 7.6 4.2 Never worked & LT… 4.2 5.2 8.3 Routine 8.4 10.4 11 Semi routine 11.2 12.5 5.5 Low supervis & tech 6.9 7.4 6.1 Small employers 5.5 6.3 12.4 Intermediate 11.8 12.4 22.3 Lower man & Prof 24.9 24.8 14.6 Higher man & Prof 14.4 13.3 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Edinburgh Leith Walk Leith

FT Student numbers - Over the last 10 years, there have been an additional 1800 beds provided in new purpose built accommodation in Leith. Chart 4

Employment Status (percentages) (Census 2011)

5.5% Full-time student 6.1% 4.0%

3.9% Higher proportion of people in full time Unemployed 4.5% 4.8% employment than Edinburgh as a whole

7.9% Self-employed 7.7% 8.7%

40.3% Employees - full-time 51.1% 49.6%

11.4% Employees - part-time 9.9% 10.4%

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% Edinburgh Leith Walk Leith

Chart 5

Type of households (percentages) (Census 2011)

64.1 Flat / tenement 91.2 85.8

12.8 Terraced 6.7 9.8

12.8 Semi-detached 1.5 3.7

10.4 Higher proportion of flats/tenements Detached 0.6 0.9 than Edinburgh as a whole

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Edinburgh Leith Walk Leith

Chart 6

Household tenure (percentages) (Census 2011) 1.1 Living rent free 1 0.7

22.4 Rented: Private 37.8 27.7

Rented: other 7.9 10.6 social 13.3 Lower proportion of owner occupied 9.1 Rented: Council 2.6 10.2

Shared 0.6 0.8 ownership 1.1

58.9 Owner occupied 47.2 46.9

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Edinburgh Leith Walk Leith

Chart 7

Households with cars (percentages) (Census 2011) 0.6 4 or more cars 0.2 0.2 higher proportion of housholds with no 2.2 car than the citywide figure 3 cars 0.6 1 lower proportion of housholds with 2 14.6 cars than the citywide figure 2 cars 6.3 9.1

42.7 1 car 39.3 42.1

39.9 0 car 53.7 47.6

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Edinburgh Leith Walk Leith

Chart 8

Rating of household income (Mosaic 2017) 50.0% 44.4% 45.9% 44.8% 45.0% 40.0% 35.0% 30.0% 27.0% 23.2% 22.9% 25.0% 21.7% 21.0% 19.0% 20.0% 11.0% 15.0% 10.0% 9.2% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% 'Comfortable' on 'Coping' on household 'Difficult' on household 'Very difficult' on household income income income household income

Leith Leith Walk Edinburgh

Datasource: Mosiac is a dataset that allocates individuals and households into groups and detailed types using variables from a combination of Mosiac datasets, public and trusted third-party sources to build a picture of the latest UK consumer and social trends.

Chart 9

Average household Income (2014, 2019)

£50,000 £45,443 £45,000 £42,869 £41,846 £38,695 £39,067 £40,000 £37,705 £35,000 £30,000 £25,000 £20,000 £15,000 £10,000 £5,000 £0 Leith Walk Leith Edinburgh

2014 2019

Chart 10

Percentage change in income by Decile (2014 to 2019) 40%

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

0% Decile 1 Decile 2 Decile 3 Decile 4 Decile 5 Decile 6 Decile 7 Decile 8 Decile 9

Leith Walk Leith Edinburgh

Chart 11

Children in Poverty (after housing costs, CPAG 2017)

25.0% 24.6% 24.5% 24.3% 24.0% 23.5% 23.0% 22.5% 21.9% 22.0% 21.5% 21.0% 20.5% Children in Poverty (after housing costs)

Leith Leith Walk Edinburgh

Datasource: Child Poverty Action Group website: https://cpag.org.uk/ Chart 12

Percentage of 16 - 17 year olds participating in education, training or employment (Skills Development Scotland data)

Smaller proportion of 16 - 17 year olds in Leith and Leith Walk wards participating than in Edinburgh as a whole.

92.5 92.1 92.2 92 91.8 91.7 91.5 91 90.8 2018 90.5 2019 90 89.6 89.5 89 88.5 88 Leith Walk Leith Edinburgh

Datasource: Skills Development Scotland publication: https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/publications-statistics/publications/?page=1&order=date-desc

Chart 13

Participation in Sport (Mosaic 2017) 90.0% 77.4% 80.0% 75.8% 74.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0%

20.0% 5.2% 5.9% 5.0% 6.5% 7.4% 10.0% 5.7% 6.4% 6.2% 6.3% 5.6% 5.9% 6.8% 0.0% No participation in Less than 1 hour of 1 to 2 hours of sport 2 to 4 hours of sport 4 or more hours of sport sport per week per week per week sport per week

Leith Leith Walk Edinburgh

Chart 14

Participation in Exercise (Mosaic 2017) 50.0% 44.3% 45.0% 43.0% 42.3% 40.0% 35.0% 30.0% 19.4% 25.0% 15.0% 19.5% 19.8% 20.0% 13.0% 15.5% 15.5% 13.7% 15.0% 8.3% 13.3% 8.7% 8.8% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% No exercise taken Less than 1 hour of 1 to 2 hours of 2 to 4 hours of 4 or more hours of exercise per week exercise per week exercise per week exercise per week

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Chart 15

Male Life Expectancy (ScotPHO data, 2015) 90

Pilrig

Great

Street

Junction

Street

Leith

Street)

Lochend

Hillside & Hillside

Western

Calton Hill Calton

Restalrig & Restalrig

Harbour & Harbour

Prospect…

South Leith South

Leith Docks Leith

Bonnington

Newhaven

The Shore & Shore The

Constitution

Leith (Albert Leith (Hermitage & (Hermitage North Leith & Leith North Datasource: ScotPHO is led by ISD Scotland and NHS Health Scotland and provides a clear picture of the health of the Scottish population and the factors that affect it. https://www.scotpho.org.uk/ Chart 16

Female Life Expectancy 90 (ScotPHO data, 2015)

Pilrig

Street

Street)

Lochend

Hillside & Hillside

Leith

Western

Calton Hill Calton

Street

Restalrig & Restalrig

Harbour & Harbour

South Leith South

Leith Docks Leith

Bonnington

Newhaven

The Shore & Shore The

Constitution

Leith (Albert Leith

North Leith & Leith North

(Hermitage & (Hermitage Great Junction Great Prospect Bank) Prospect Datasource: ScotPHO, please note Pilrig data is missing from the source data for females

Chart 17

Early Death from Cancer (< 75+) (rate per 100,000 population, ScotPHO data) 300 250 200 150 100 50

Pilrig

South Leith South

Bonnington

Docks

Street

Bank)

Leith (Albert Street) (Albert Leith

Restalrig & Lochend & Restalrig

Hillside & Calton Hill Calton & Hillside

Great Junction Street Junction Great

North Leith & Newhaven & Leith North

Western Harbour & Leith & Harbour Western

The Shore & Constitution & Shore The Leith (Hermitage Prospect & (Hermitage Leith Leith Leith Walk

2016 2017 Edinburgh 2017

Chart 18

Early death from Coronary Heart disease (<75+) (rate per 100,000 population, ScotPHO data) 120 100 80 60 40 20

Pilrig

South Leith South

Bonnington

Street

Bank)

Leith (Albert Street) (Albert Leith

Restalrig & Lochend & Restalrig

Hillside & Calton Hill Calton & Hillside

Great Junction Street Junction Great

North Leith & Newhaven & Leith North

The Shore & Constitution & Shore The

Leith (Hermitage Prospect & (Hermitage Leith Western Harbour & Leith Docks Leith & Harbour Western Leith Leith Walk

2016 2017 Edinburgh 2017

Chart 19

People's perceptions - health (Edinburgh People Survey, 2016-18) 100% 87% 90% 83% 78% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 24% 25.3% 25.3% 25.9% 18% 20% 16% 10% 0% % with a long-term illness, health % who answered that they have good Wellbeing (as measured by WEMWBS, problem or disability health in general 2016)

Leith Walk Leith Edinburgh

Datasource: Edinburgh Peoples Survey is the Council's annual citizen survey which measures satisfaction with the Council and its services; identifies areas for improvement; and gathers information about residents which is not available through other sources or at ward level. http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20029/have_your_say/921/edinburgh_people_survey

Chart 20

GP Cluster data (Heath and Care Experience Survey, 17/18) Result is statistically significantly better 100% than Scotland 86% 89% 90% 81% 83% 81% 83% 80% 71% 71% 67% 70% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Overall rating of Overall rating of Rating of overall care Treated with Rating of overall care arrangements to see arrangements to see provided by GP compassion and provided by Out of a doctor in the GP another medical Practice understanding by Hours Service Practice. professional in the GP healthcare Practice professional in the GP Practice Leith Cluster Scotland

Datasource: Health and Care Experience Survey asks about people’s experiences of accessing and using their GP practice and Out of Hours services; aspects of care and support provided by local authorities and other organisations; and caring responsibilities and related support. https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/GPPatientExperienceSurvey

Chart 21

People's perceptions - safe (Edinburgh People Survey, 2016-18)

Response more than 5% lower than the average across the City Response more than 5% higher than the average across the City 100% 87% 90% 84% 83% 83% 80% 72% 73% 70% 63% 70% 59% 61% 60% 58% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% % who feel safe in % stating violent crime is not % satisfied with the % who have enough neighbourhood after dark common in neighbourhood management of violent crime information about community issues in their neighbourhood safety/crime statistics in their neighbourhood

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Chart 22

People's perceptions - behaviours (Edinburgh People Survey, 2016-18)

Responses to all questions are more than 5% lower than the average across the City for both wards

80% 73% 71% 69% 70% 64% 60% 59% 60% 60% 55% 53% 48% 50% 40% 40% 34% 30% 20% 10% 0% % who agree street drinking or % stating vandalism is not % stating antisocial behaviour is % stating dog fouling is not alcohol-related disorder are not common in neighbourhood not common in neighbourhood common in neighbourhood problems in this neighbourhood

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Chart 23

People's perceptions - management (Edinburgh People Survey, 2016-18)

Response more than 5% lower 60% 55% than the average across the City 52% 51% 51% 52% 49% 50%

40% 37% 34% 29% 30%

20%

10%

0% % satisfied with the management of % satisfied with the management of % satisfied with the management of vandalism and graffiti issues in their antisocial behaviour issues in their dog fouling issues in their neighbourhood neighbourhood neighbourhood

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Chart 24

People perceptions (green) (Edinburgh People Survey, 2016-18)

100% Response more than 5% higher 90% 87% 86% than the average across the City 81% 80% 68% 68% 70% 64% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% % who agree the Council cares about the environment % satisfied with parks or other green spaces in their local neighbourhood?

Leith Walk Leith Edinburgh

Chart 25 – 27 Air pollution

Trend in Average (Non-automatic) Annual Mean Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations (µg/m3) in the Great Junction Street AQMA

Trend in Automatically Measured Annual Mean Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations (µg/m3) at Salamander Street

3 Trend in Automatically Measured Annual Mean PM10 Concentrations (µg/m ) at Salamander Street

Chart 28

People's perceptions - information (Edinburgh People Survey, 2016-18)

80% 74% 72% 71% 70%

60% 56% 52% 51% 50% 42% 43% 39% 40%

30%

20%

10%

0% % agreeing the Council keeps them % agreeing the Council keeps them % who have enough information about informed about the services it provides informed about spending & saving events, galas and festivals proposals

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Chart 29

People's perceptions - connections (Edinburgh People Survey, 2016-18)

100% 95% 95% Response more than 5% higher 91% 89% than the average across the 90% 84% 83% City 80% 70% 60% 60% 54% 48% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% % who agree Edinburgh is welcoming % agreeing people from different % who agree that the Council provides and accessible to people of all ages backgrounds get on in their protection and support for vulnerable neighbourhood people

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Chart 30

Community participation (Edinburgh Peoples Survey, 2016 - 18)

40% 38% 36% 35% 31% 30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

0% Leith Walk Leith Edinburgh Leith Walk Leith Edinburgh

Datasource: Edinburgh Peoples Survey question: % who feel that they are able to have a say on things happening or how Council services are run in their neighbourhood?