Table 3.2: Characteristics of children looked after by local authority, 31st March 2009
Local authority area | Gender of children looked after | Age of children looked after | Children known to be from minority ethnic groups | Children known to have a disability |
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Children under 5 | Children 16 or over |
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Male | Female | Percentage male | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
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Aberdeen City | 410 | 291 | 58 | 175 | 25 | 60 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 134 | 19 |
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Aberdeenshire | 259 | 199 | 57 | 69 | 15 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
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Angus | 150 | 111 | 57 | 52 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 18 |
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Argyll & Bute | 115 | 89 | 56 | 32 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 14 |
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Clackmannanshire | 116 | 91 | 56 | 52 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 14 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 252 | 189 | 57 | 120 | 27 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
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Dundee City | 318 | 269 | 54 | 144 | 25 | 40 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 57 | 10 |
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East Ayrshire | 269 | 255 | 51 | 126 | 24 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 6 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 75 | 54 | 58 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 15 |
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East Lothian | 112 | 90 | 55 | 34 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 14 |
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East Renfrewshire | 95 | 64 | 60 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 735 | 593 | 55 | 299 | 23 | 124 | 9 | 59 | 4 | 41 | 3 |
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Eilean Siar | 20 | 28 | 42 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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Falkirk | 259 | 178 | 59 | 90 | 21 | 55 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
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Fife | 401 | 398 | 50 | 207 | 26 | 55 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 83 | 10 |
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Glasgow City | 1,769 | 1,511 | 54 | 578 | 18 | 491 | 15 | 168 | 5 | 532 | 16 |
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Highland | 222 | 234 | 49 | 94 | 21 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 57 | 13 |
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Inverclyde | 182 | 136 | 57 | 80 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 20 |
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Midlothian | 197 | 156 | 56 | 70 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
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Moray | 113 | 98 | 54 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
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North Ayrshire | 266 | 235 | 53 | 123 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 9 |
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North Lanarkshire | 418 | 310 | 57 | 145 | 20 | 65 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 3 |
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Orkney Isles | 17 | 14 | 55 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 55 |
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Perth & Kinross | 124 | 73 | 63 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 17 |
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Renfrewshire | 388 | 330 | 54 | 130 | 18 | 65 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 6 |
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Scottish Borders | 109 | 84 | 56 | 35 | 18 | 30 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
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Shetland | 25 | 12 | 68 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
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South Ayrshire | 163 | 127 | 56 | 61 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 102 | 35 |
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South Lanarkshire | 255 | 235 | 52 | 95 | 19 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 13 |
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Stirling | 117 | 101 | 54 | 38 | 17 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 210 | 166 | 56 | 67 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 4 |
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West Lothian | 216 | 190 | 53 | 89 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 6 |
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Scotland | 8,377 | 6,911 | 55 | 3,156 | 21 | 1,608 | 11 | 432 | 3 | 1,641 | 11 |
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Notes: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Figures are provisional and may be revised in 2009-10.
'Minority Ethnic Group' includes the ethnic groups Mixed Ethnicity, Black, Asian, and Other Ethnic Background.