SUMMARY RESULTS OF THE 2003: PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CENSUS
Table 2: Number of children attending pre-school education or daycare centres by age of child and main type of facility Scotland, January 2003, and change since 2002
Age of child | Main type of facility | Total |
Nursery | Playgroup | Playscheme | Out of School Care Club | Creche | Family Centre |
Under 1 year old | 2,776 | 230 | 81 | 30 | 652 | 865 | 4,634 |
1 year old | 5,825 | 510 | 178 | 76 | 1,037 | 1,890 | 9,516 |
2 years old | 10,557 | 4,558 | 296 | 157 | 1,992 | 3,353 | 20,913 |
3 years old | 32,415 | 9,418 | 428 | 228 | 2,228 | 3,687 | 48,404 |
4 years old | 47,367 | 4,482 | 279 | 449 | 1,729 | 2,895 | 57,201 |
5 years old | 14,090 | 551 | 591 | 3,858 | 989 | 1,094 | 21,173 |
6 years old | 1,878 | 62 | 383 | 4,558 | 618 | 595 | 8,094 |
7 years old | 1,184 | 41 | 392 | 4,600 | 471 | 689 | 7,377 |
8 years old | 1,198 | 42 | 908 | 4,885 | 342 | 973 | 8,348 |
9 years old | 969 | 48 | 494 | 3,793 | 142 | 694 | 6,140 |
10 years old | 1,030 | 43 | 323 | 3,221 | 174 | 627 | 5,418 |
11 years old | 919 | 40 | 232 | 2,178 | 110 | 576 | 4,055 |
12 years old or over | 210 | 36 | 756 | 807 | 120 | 427 | 2,356 |
Total Number of Children | 120,418 | 20,061 | 5,341 | 28,840 | 10,604 | 18,365 | 203,629 |
Proportion of Scotland population accessing services by age
Age of child | Main type of facility | Total |
Nursery | Playgroup | Playscheme | Out of School Care Club | Creche | Family Centre |
Under 1 year old | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 9% |
1 year old | 11% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 19% |
2 years old | 20% | 9% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 6% | 40% |
3 years old | 60% | 17% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 7% | 89% |
4 years old | 84% | 8% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 102% |
5 years old | 24% | 1% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 37% |
6 years old | 3% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 1% | 14% |
7 years old | 2% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 1% | 13% |
8 years old | 2% | 0% | 2% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 14% |
9 years old | 2% | 0% | 1% | 6% | 0% | 1% | 10% |
10 years old | 2% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 9% |
11 years old | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 6% |
12 years old or over | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 4% |
Total Number of Children | 16% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 27% |
Change 2002 to 2003
Age of child | Main type of facility | Total |
Nursery | Playgroup | Playscheme | Out of School Care Club | Creche | Family Centre |
Under 1 year old | 472 | -47 | 76 | 19 | 106 | 527 | 1,153 |
1 year old | 731 | -273 | 107 | 28 | 82 | 1,087 | 1,762 |
2 years old | 1,206 | -1,442 | 168 | 36 | -769 | 1,280 | 479 |
3 years old | -1,086 | -2,795 | 206 | -193 | 2 | 1,626 | -2,240 |
4 years old | -2,743 | -446 | 86 | 9 | -1,218 | 1,183 | -3,129 |
5 years old | 3,043 | 179 | 116 | 883 | -667 | 407 | 3,961 |
6 years old | 784 | 21 | -153 | 1,089 | -132 | 91 | 1,700 |
7 years old | 745 | 21 | -185 | 1,046 | -242 | 276 | 1,661 |
8 years old or over | 3,061 | 113 | 1,062 | 3,673 | 457 | 1,508 | 9,874 |
Total Number of Children | 6,213 | -4,669 | 1,483 | 6,590 | -2,381 | 7,985 | 15,221 |
Note: Children are counted once for each centre they attend; this may explain why figures show more than 100% 4 year olds getting childcare
Source: Population figures from General Register Office (Scotland), 2000 based population projections - adjusted to end January base