SIMD Detailed Analysis

Portlethen Academy Network Area

2013

Contents Academy Network Area ...... 1 Population ...... 3 Poverty ...... 4 Income Deprivation ...... 4 Employment Deprivation ...... 5 Childhood Poverty...... 5 Education ...... 5 Attitudes to Health ...... 8 Life Expectancy ...... 9 Levels of Crime ...... 10

Portlethen Academy Network Area

The Portlethen Academy Network Area covers the area highlighted on the map on the next page. It includes 4 schools:

 Banchory-Devenick School  Fishermoss School  School  Portlethen Primary School

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

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Population

Over the past ten years the population in the Portlethen Academy Network Area has remained fairly constant, decreasing by only 18 people from 2001 to 2011.

There is an increasing and ageing population within the area; from 2001 – 2011 there was an increase from 667 to 1205 in the pensionable population, this group of people now account for 15.9% of the population, this has increased from 8.9% of the total population in 2001. An increasing aging population provides unique challenges in delivering services, additional housing and the resulting demand in community facilities.

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The population of children has been decreasing year on year over the past 10 years, in 2001 children accounted for 24.4% of the population; this has dropped to 16.9% in 2011. The falling number of children will have an impact on where priorities should sit over the coming years.

Poverty Income Deprivation The rate of income deprivation in the Portlethen Academy Network Area is 2.5%, which is significantly lower than the Aberdeenshire average of 7%. This is due to the area having no datazones in the 15% most deprived in Aberdeenshire The rate of income deprivation is lower than the Scottish average of 13%. The rate of income deprivation has fluctuated over the years, but most recently decreased from 2010 to 2011.

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Employment Deprivation The percentage of those in employment deprivation in the Portlethen Academy Network area is 2.8%, this is significantly lower than the Aberdeenshire average of 6%.

Childhood Poverty The level of childhood poverty in the Portlethen Academy Network area is 2.8%, which is significantly lower than the Aberdeenshire average of 8.5%, and the national average of 18.6%.

Education The average attendance rate in the Portlethen Academy network area in Primary Schools is 96.6%, this is higher than both the Aberdeenshire (96.2%) and Scottish (95.2%) average. In secondary school attendance rates within the Portlethen

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Academy Network area are 92.6% which is slightly below the Aberdeenshire average of 92.8%, this is higher than the Scottish average of 91.1%.

The percentage of S4 pupils who gained English and maths at SQF Level 3 or above is 96.4%, which is higher than the Aberdeenshire and Scottish average, 94.5% and 93% respectively. A similar pattern is seen with the percentage of S4 pupils with 5 awards at SCQF level 3 and above, with 95.2% within the Portlethen Academy Network area attaining this compared to 93.6% in Aberdeenshire and 92.3% in Scotland.

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The percentage of S6 pupils with 3 awards at SCQF level 6 and above is 62.9%, which is lower than the Aberdeenshire average of 69.3% and the Scottish average of 64.6%. In the Portlethen Academy Network area 96.5% of school leavers go onto a positive destination, this is higher than the Aberdeenshire average of 91.3% and higher than the Scottish average of 88.8%.

Of the school leavers who did go on to positive destinations, the highest proportion went onto higher education (46.2%), followed by employment (27.1%) and further education (23.3).

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Attitudes to Health The percentage of women smoking at maternity booking appointment in the Portlethen Academy network area is 9.8% this is below the Aberdeenshire and national average, 14.7% and 17.1% respectively.

The proportion of women smoking at their maternity booking appointment has decreased over the reposting period from 12.3% in 2009 to 9.8% in 2011.

In the Portlethen Academy network area the rate of Low weight live singleton birth percentage of live singleton births is 1.3%, this is slightly above the Aberdeenshire average of 1.27% and below the national average of 2.04%.

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The level of breastfeeding at the 6-8 week review of babies is 42.6% In the Portlethen Academy Network area this is lower than the Aberdeenshire average of 45.3% and higher than the national average of 36.7%.

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.

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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 Portlethen Academy Network area has fallen since 2004. In 2011, there was an average of 88 SIMD crimes per 10,000 population. This is significantly lower than the average of 208 in Aberdeenshire and the Scottish average of 453. Portlethen Academy Network Area does not contain any of the 15% most deprived areas and only covers 9 datazones. This will contribute to the low level of crime in the area.

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