Summary Results of the 2003 Pre-School and Daycare Census

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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

Page updated: Thursday, May 18, 2006