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Eildon Extract KnowBorders: Scottish Borders Community Planning Partnership 2016 Strategic Assessment: Eildon Extract Version Control No. Action Start Date Complete Date Result 1 Eildon SA based on full SA2016 01/07/2016 18/08/2016 SA2016-Eildon – V1 Contact details for Strategic Assessment 2016: Strategic Policy Unit Scottish Borders Council Email: [email protected] Tel: 01835 824000 SB-SA2016 - Eildon - V1 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction and Summary of Key Findings – Eildon Extract ............................................................................ 4 Strategic Assessment 2016 Development ......................................................................................................... 6 Eildon: Area Profile ............................................................................................................................................ 7 Summary of Population Trends ..................................................................................................................... 7 Population ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Life Expectancy ............................................................................................................................................ 20 Migration, Ethnicity and National Identity .................................................................................................. 24 Household Profile ........................................................................................................................................ 30 Scottish Borders and the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) ................................................... 35 Economy and Income ...................................................................................................................................... 42 Town Centre Retail Activity ......................................................................................................................... 42 Economic Inequalities .................................................................................................................................. 48 Education and Learning ................................................................................................................................... 55 School Leavers ............................................................................................................................................. 55 Life Stages / Health and Wellbeing.............................................................................................................. 57 Maternity / Early Years ................................................................................................................................ 57 Children ....................................................................................................................................................... 60 Adults ........................................................................................................................................................... 62 Older People ................................................................................................................................................ 67 Substance Use ............................................................................................................................................. 68 Mental Health .............................................................................................................................................. 70 Physical Activity ........................................................................................................................................... 73 Reducing Risk ............................................................................................................................................... 74 Community and Environment ......................................................................................................................... 76 Community Safety ....................................................................................................................................... 76 Built and Physical Environment ................................................................................................................... 81 Environmental Impact ................................................................................................................................. 83 Community Support and Community Resilience ........................................................................................ 86 Cultural Activity ........................................................................................................................................... 89 Physical and Digital Access .......................................................................................................................... 90 Public Services ................................................................................................................................................. 92 Public Priorities ............................................................................................................................................ 92 Satisfaction with Public Services ................................................................................................................. 93 Influence / involvement in public sector ..................................................................................................... 94 SB-SA2016 - Eildon - V1 3 Introduction and Summary of Key Findings – Eildon Extract This document is an extract from “Know Borders: Strategic Assessment 2016” for the Berwickshire locality1. It highlights information related to the Berwickshire locality along the themes used in the overall strategic assessment: demographic profile, economy and income, education and learning, life stages / health and wellbeing, community and environment and public services. Note that locality extracts only contain information available at locality level; as a result, information related to the whole of the Scottish Borders is in the full strategic assessment. Below is a summary of the key findings related to the Eildon locality. Demographic Profile Eildon is the largest of the five localities. Eildon, proportionally, has more children and fewer people aged 65 and older compared to the Scottish Borders. 19.3% of the population live in settlements of 500 or less. Parts of Galashiels have the lowest life expectancy for both men and women within the Scottish Borders. More households in the Eildon locality have no car/van compared to the Scottish Borders. Economy and Income Melrose has the highest rate of town centre footfall in the Scottish Borders. Between 2012 and 2015, the town centre footfall has remained stable for Galashiels and Selkirk. The retail vacancy rate in Eildon ranges from 18% in Galashiels to 0% for Earlston and Tweedbank. Eildon has consistently had a slightly higher rate of JSA claimants compared to the Scottish Borders. More people in the Eildon area would like to see improvements in employment opportunities compared to the Scottish Borders. In Eildon, 9.8% of the population are classified as income deprived below than the Scottish Borders (10.1%) and Scotland (13.2%). In Eildon, 10.6% of children live in poverty, similar to the Scottish Borders (10.9%) but lower compared to Scotland (15.3%). Education and Learning Within Eildon, the proportion of school leavers at a positive destination at 6 months ranges from 83.8% in Galashiels West to 97.6% for Earlston, Lauder and Stow area. 1 https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/file/2246/strategic_assessment_2016 SB-SA2016 - Eildon - V1 4 Life Stages / Health and Wellbeing In Eildon, more mothers were smoking during pregnancy compared to Scottish Borders and Scotland. In Eildon, the proportion of babies that were exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks was similar to the Scottish Borders and above Scotland. Eildon had a higher proportion of P1 pupils with “no obvious dental decay” compared to the Scottish Borders and Scotland. Almost 10% of P1 pupils in the Eildon areas are obese similar to the level for Scotland. There were more coronary heart disease (CHD) hospitalisations in the Eildon area compared to Scottish Borders and Scotland. The Eildon locality has the highest rate of early deaths from cancer compared the other Scottish Borders localities but below Scotland. The Eildon locality had the highest rate of emergency hospitalisations for all and for those aged 65+ compared to the other localities, Scottish Borders and Scotland. The Eildon locality has the highest rate of alcohol related hospitalisations and deaths compared to the other Scottish Borders localities, although the Scottish rate. The Eildon locality has a highest rate of drug-related hospital stays compared to the other localities and the Scottish Borders although lower than Scotland. The Eildon locality had the highest levels of suicide within the Scottish Borders. A lower proportion of adults exercise daily compared to the Scottish Borders level. Community and Environment ‘Rubbish and litter lying around’, ‘people using or dealing drugs’, and ’people being drunk
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