Appendix North West Sector Profile Contents 1. Introduction Page 1 2. Executive Summary Page 2 3. Demographic & Socio – Economic Page 8 4. Labour Market/Employment/Education Page 13 5. Health Page 23 6. Neighbourhood Management Page 29 1. Introduction 1.1 The profile provides comparative information on the North West Sector Community Planning Partnership (CPP) area, including demographic & socio economic, employment, health and neighbourhood management information. 1.2 North West Glasgow is diverse in socio economic terms, as illustrated by the map, as it contains Glasgow’s city centre/ business area, the more affluent west end of Glasgow but also localities with significant issues relating to employment, health and poverty. The North West is the academic centre of the City with the three Glasgow Universities located in the sector and also has many cultural & historical buildings of interest as well as large areas of green space. Table 1: North West Sector Summary Population (2011 Census) 206,483 (up 7.1%) Population (2011 Census) exc. communal establishments 197,419 Working Age Population 16-64 (2011 Census) 151,345 (73.3%) Electorate (2014) 165,009 Occupied Households (2011 Census) 101,884 (up 9.5%) Average Household Size (2011) exc. communal establishments 1.94 (2.07 in 2011) Housing Stock (2014) 105,638 No. of Dwellings per Hectare (2012) 22.28 Out Of Work Benefit Claimants (May 2014) 24,230 (16.0%) Job Seekers Allowance (February 2015) 5,141 (3.4%) 2. Executive Summary Demographic Information 2.1 Population According to the 2011 Census, The North West sector population was 206,483. The population in the North West Sector increased by 13,773 (7.1%) from 2001 Census. The population increase in the North West equated to 90% of the total population increase (15,376) in Glasgow. The largest population increase among the 21 Glasgow Multi Member Electoral (MME) wards in the period 2001 and 2011 was in Anderston/City (7,399 - 34%); 83% of the population was White – British or Irish. The minority ethnic population, including Black or Minority Ethnic (BME – 11.9%) and other white non UK/non Irish (4.9%), was higher than the overall Glasgow level (BME 11.6%; Other white non UK/Non Irish 3.9%); 73% (151,345) of the North West Sector’s population was of working age (16-64). This is a significantly higher level than in the rest of Glasgow/Scotland. Just over 1 in every 4 people in the North West was a child (<16) or older person (>65) whereas in the rest of Scotland the level of children/older people was more than 1 in 3. 2.2 Housing As of the 1st April 2014, the total housing stock in North West Sector was estimated at 105,638; nearly two thirds (65.5%) of the North West housing stock is owner occupied (41.7%) or private rented (23.7%). The number and percentage of private rented property in Glasgow has increased throughout the last twenty five years. The recent increase in the private rented property sector in the city has been greatest in the North West with an increase of over five thousand in the private rented stock since 2011; nearly 80% of the North West housing stock is a flat type dwelling which is ten percentage points higher than the percentage of flats in the rest of Glasgow. Anderston/City MME ward has the highest percentage (98.2%) of flat dwellings among Glasgow’s MME wards; nearly 40% of the dwellings in the North West are rated in Council Tax Bands D (more than £45,000) and above which is 15 percentage points higher that than the comparable percentage (24.2%) of dwellings in the rest of Glasgow. 2.3 Poverty/Deprivation 83 of the 229 datazone areas within the North West have been ranked within the worst 15% of datazones in Scotland. Using 2010 population estimates, nearly a third (n 66,903 - 32.7%) of people in the North West reside in a datazone area ranked among the worst 15% datazone areas in Scotland; at the other end of the deprivation scale, 21.8% of the North West population reside in a best 25% Scottish datazone area. Labour Market/Employment/Benefit Information 2.4 Economic Activity According to the 2011 Census, the North West had a lower percentage (68%) of its working age residents that were economically active than in the rest of Glasgow (71%) and Glasgow City (70%); the North West unemployment rate was 12%, which was slightly below the level in the rest of Glasgow (12.2%) and Glasgow (12.1%); the North West had o a higher percentage (28.5%) of its residents that assessed their employment status as either “Higher managerial/professional” or “Lower managerial/ professional” than in the rest of the city; o more than twice the percentage of residents assessed as “full time students” than in the rest of Glasgow. Excluding the full time students, more than a third (36%) of the residents in the North West assessed their employment status as either “Higher managerial/professional” or “Lower managerial/ professional”. The comparative level for Glasgow is 29%. 2.5 Benefit Claimants The North West, pre and post-recession, has had a lower level of key out of work benefit claimants than the equivalent level in the rest of Glasgow; more than two thirds (n 16,270; 67%) of the key out of work benefit claimants in the North West are receiving Employment Support Assistance (ESA)/Incapacity Benefit (IB). This means that more than 1 in every 10 (10.8%) of working age residents in the North West is receiving ESA/IB. 40% of the ESA/IB claimants have been receiving ESA/IB for in excess of 2 years and 11% have been receiving ESA/IB for in excess of 5 years; pre and post-recession, the North West Job Seeker Allowance (JSA) claimant rate has been lower than the Glasgow rate and higher than the Scottish rate; currently, the number of JSA claimants in the North West is 2.3% lower than it was in August 2008. The JSA working age claimant rate across the North West varies from 2.3% in Partick West and Hillhead MME wards to nearly double (4.5%) in Drumchapel/Anniesland MME ward; the North West, pre and post-recession, has a lower level of young (under 25s) JSA claimants than in the rest of Glasgow. Currently, the young JSA claimant rate in the North West is 46% lower than the level in the rest of Glasgow; there has been a 37% reduction in the number and rate of young JSA claimants within the North West compared to the level pre-recession (August 2008); young JSA claimants in the North West currently make up a fifth (19.3%) of all JSA claimants whereas in August 2008, young JSA claimants made up 30% of the overall JSA claimants in the sector; 2.6 Education The attainment levels in Glasgow schools (S4-S6) improved in all nine categories compared to 2011 and in eight of the nine categories compared to 2012; the attainment position for S4-S6 pupils attending schools in the North West is mixed as: o in five of the indicator categories, a minority of the eight North West schools achieved an attainment level that was above the Glasgow level; o in three North West schools, a higher percentage of pupils achieved above the Glasgow attainment average in all nine categories. A higher percentage of pupils in two of the three schools achieved above the National attainment average in all nine categories; o conversely, in four North West schools, the percentage of pupils was lower than the Glasgow attainment average in at least six of the nine categories. One school achieved less than the Glasgow attainment average in all nine categories. 89% (1,281) of the 2012/13 North West school leavers left school with an initial positive destination. This was an improvement on the level (87.3%) for North West 2011/12 school leavers but was slightly below the overall 2012/13 Glasgow level (89.6%); the level of initial positive destinations within the North West varied from 82.4% (Garscadden/Scotstounhill) to 93.8% (Hillhead). The Garscadden/Scotstounhill level was the lowest among the 21 MME in Glasgow. If you excluded “Training” as a positive destination, there is a clear difference in the percentage of school leavers from Partick West (87.9%) and Hillhead (86.6%) AP areas going to a positive destination than in the other five North West AP areas (73.2% - 77.2%); at the follow up stage, there was a drop in the level of positive destinations across all North West AP areas with the North West level of positive destinations varying from 80.3% (Garscadden/Scotstounhill) to 90.6% (Hillhead); the initial destination returns for 2013/14 school leavers, based on school rather than home address, illustrates that o the percentage of school leavers in Glasgow entering a positive destination is 89.7%, a rise of 0.5 percentage points in comparison to 2012/13. This is 2.6pp below the national average of 92.3%; o the percentage of school leavers in North West Glasgow entering a positive destination is 90.3%, which is higher than the rest of Glasgow and is a rise of 1.3 percentage points in comparison to 2012/13; o three North West secondary schools achieved a positive outcome destination level above the Scottish average; o five North West secondary schools increased the percentage of school leavers with a position destination compared to 2012/13 with Knightswood Secondary improving by 7.1 percentage points; o the level of initial positive destinations within the North West varied from 78.4% (Drumchapel High School - 2nd lowest level among the 30 second schools in Glasgow) to 94.9% (Hillhead Hill School – 4th highest level in Glasgow).