SIMD Detailed Analysis

Aboyne Academy Network Area

2013

Contents Aboyne Academy Network Area ...... 1 Population ...... 3 Poverty ...... 4 Income Deprivation ...... 4 Employment Deprivation ...... 5 Childhood Poverty...... 5 Education ...... 6 Attitudes to Health ...... 8 Life Expectancy ...... 10 Levels of Crime ...... 10

Aboyne Academy Network Area

The Aboyne Academy Network Area covers the area highlighted on the map on the next page. It includes 10 schools:

 Aboyne School  Ballater School  Braemar School  Crathie School  Finzean School  Kincardine O'Neil Sch  Logie Coldstone Sch  Lumphanan School  Tarland School  Torphins School

No datazones in Aboyne Academy Network Area are classified as the 15% most deprived datazones across Aberdeenshire. This report therefore provides an assessment of the population as a unified group.

Population

The population of Aboyne Academy Network Area has steadily increased between 2001 and 2011 with 725 more people living in the area.

There is an increasing and ageing population within the area; from 2001 – 2011 there was an increase from 2302 to 2716 in the pensionable population. This group of people now account for 25.5% of the population, up from 22.9% in 2001. An increasing and aging population presents unique challenges in delivering services, additional housing and the resulting demand in community facilities.

The population of children in the Aboyne Academy Network is declining. Children now account for 16% of the population of the area, 10% lower than the percentage of pensionable age individuals in the area. Compared to 2001, there are 144 fewer children in the area. The increasing older population and falling numbers of children should be monitored over the coming years to identify whether this trend continues. This will impact on where the priorities of this area will lie in the coming years.

Poverty Income Deprivation The rate of income deprivation in the Aboyne Academy Network Area is 5.6% in 2011, lower than the Aberdeenshire average of 7%, and more than half of the Scottish average of 13%. This is due to the area having no datazones in the 15% most deprived in Aberdeenshire. The rate of income deprivation has fluctuated over the years, but most recently decreased from 2010 to 2011.

Employment Deprivation The percentage of those in employment deprivation in the Aboyne Academy Network area is 5.3%, this is lower than the Aberdeenshire average of 6%. Levels of employment deprivation have fluctuated since 2002 but have shown a reduction between 2010 and 2011.

Childhood Poverty The level of childhood poverty in the Aboyne Academy Network area rose slightly between 2009 and 2010, from 6.2% to 6.9%. This increased rate remains lower than the Aberdeenshire (8.5%) and national (18.6%) averages. This low rate can be attributed to the area having no datazones in the 15% most deprived in Aberdeenshire.

Education The average attendance rate in the Aboyne Academy Network area in primary schools is 96.2%, this is equal to the Aberdeenshire (96.2%) average and slightly higher than the Scottish (95.2%) average. Attendance rates are lower for secondary schools with the average attendance rate dropping to 92.8%. This is equivalent to Aberdeenshire (92.8%), and higher than the Scottish (91.1%) average.

The percentage of S4 pupils who gained English and Maths at SQF Level 3 or above is 97.7%, higher than the Aberdeenshire (94.5%) and Scottish (93%) averages. Performance in the Aboyne Academy Network Area is higher than Aberdeenshire

(93.6%) and comparable to Scotland (92.3%), for S4 pupils attaining 5 awards at SCQF level 3 or above (97.2%). Attainment on both measures has been rising steadily in the area.

The level of S6 pupils in the Aboyne Academy Network Area achieving 3 awards at SCQF level 6 or above has risen between 2010 and 2011. In 2011, the rate of achievement was 79.4%, higher than both the Aberdeenshire (69.3%) and the national (64.6%) average.

In 2010/11, 92.6% of school leavers went onto a positive destination (Employment, Further Education, Higher Education, or Training). This is higher than the Aberdeenshire average (91.3%) and above Scotland (88.8%).

Of the school leavers who did go on to positive destinations (Employment, Further Education, Higher Education, and Training), the majority (56.01%) of school leavers went into higher education in 2010/11, followed by employment (21.52%) and further education (18.44%). According to this data, no school leavers have gone training since 2009 in the Aboyne Academy Network Area.

Attitudes to Health The percentage of women smoking at maternity appointment booking in the Aboyne Academy Network area is 12.02%. This is lower than the Aberdeenshire and Scottish averages of 14.7% and 17.1% respectively. Rates have decreased over the past three years.

The current rate of low birth weight births in the Aboyne Academy Network Area is 1.29%, which is marginally higher than in Aberdeenshire (1.27%) but lower than the national average (2.04%). The rate of low birth rates has increase over the past three years.

The level of breastfeeding at the 6-8 week review of babies has risen slightly between 2010 and 2011 and is currently at 58.22%. This exceeds the Aberdeenshire (45.3%) and Scotland (36.7%) averages.

Life Expectancy The life expectancy of Aberdeenshire between 2006 and 2010 was higher than that of the Scottish average for both males and females. Males were expected to live until 77.9 in Aberdeenshire, and 75.3 in Scotland, whereas females in Aberdeenshire were expected to live until 81.5 in Aberdeenshire and 80.1 in Scotland.

The average life expectancy for men in the 15% most deprived areas in Aberdeenshire between 2006 and 2010 was 72.5, below the Aberdeenshire and national average. Males in the least deprived areas were expected to live above the Aberdeenshire average, living until 78.9 years.

A similar pattern is observed in females, to a lesser extent. Female life expectancy in the 15% most deprived areas was 78.9, 3 years less than the least deprived areas and the Aberdeenshire average.

Levels of Crime The SIMD crime domain rate is based on five indicators of broad crime types: crimes of violence; domestic house breaking; vandalism; drug offence and minor assault and is referred to as ‘SIMD crime’ rather that total crime, as it does not include all recorded crimes.

The average rate of SIMD crimes in the Aboyne Academy Network area has fallen since 2007/08. In 2011, there was an average of 127 SIMD crimes per 10,000 population. This is lower than the average of 208 in Aberdeenshire and the Scottish average of 453. This may be linked to the lack of any datazones within the area falling into Aberdeenshire’s 15% most deprived areas.