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I am placing in the House of Commons library, figures from the 2001 census giving the number and percentage of families with three or more children by county / unitary authority for England and local authority for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. These data have been extracted from commissioned census table M501 which is available on request from Census Customer Services (census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk).
| Families with three or more dependent children: by local authority, Wales, 2001 |
| | Families with three or more dependent children | |
| | Percentage | Number | All families with dependent children |
|
Wales
|
17.3
|
62,913
|
364,627
|
| | | | |
|
Gwynedd/Gwynedd
|
20.1
|
2,714
|
13,529
|
|
Ceredigion/Sir Ceredigion
|
19.9
|
1,524
|
7,671
|
|
Powys/Powys
|
19.8
|
2,934
|
14,790
|
|
Cardiff/Caerdydd
|
19.6
|
7,374
|
37,620
|
|
Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro
|
19.0
|
2,704
|
14,265
|
|
Newport/Casnewydd
|
18.5
|
3,435
|
18,579
|
|
Conwy/Conwy
|
18.2
|
2,269
|
12,473
|
|
Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych
|
18.2
|
2,035
|
11,210
|
|
Isle of Anglesey/Sir Ynys Mon
|
17.9
|
1,449
|
8,083
|
|
The Vale of Glamorgan/Bro Morgannwg
|
17.8
|
2,816
|
15,848
|
|
Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy
|
17.6
|
1,849
|
10,509
|
|
Torfaen/Tor-faen
|
17.1
|
2,068
|
12,075
|
|
Flintshire/Sir y Flint
|
17.0
|
3,213
|
18,890
|
|
Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin
|
16.9
|
3,574
|
21,136
|
|
Wrexham/Wrecsam
|
16.8
|
2,675
|
15,950
|
|
Swansea/Abertawe
|
15.9
|
4,299
|
27,055
|
|
Caerphilly/Caerffili
|
15.8
|
3,650
|
23,101
|
|
Rhondda; Cynon; Taff/Rhondda; Cynon; Taf
|
15.6
|
4,765
|
30,563
|
|
Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful
|
15.3
|
1,188
|
7,771
|
|
Blaenau Gwent/Blaenau Gwent
|
15.1
|
1,419
|
9,418
|
|
Bridgend/Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
|
14.8
|
2,501
|
16,885
|
|
Neath Port Talbot/Castell-nedd Port Talbot
|
14.3
|
2,458
|
17,206
|
Notes:
1. A family consists of a couple (married or cohabiting) with or without children, or a lone parent and their children.
2. Cohabiting couples includes same sex couples.
3. A dependent child is a person in a household aged 0 to 15 (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16 to 18 who is a full-time student in a family with parent(s).
4. Figures have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
5. Crown CopyrightÂ(c)2004.
6. Data are taken from Census Commissioned Table M501.
Source:
Census, April 2001, Office for National Statistics.
|
| Families with three or more dependent children: by local authority, Scotland, 2001 |
| | Families with three or more dependent children | |
| | Percentage | Number | All families with dependent children |
|
Scotland
|
14.8
|
90,936
|
1,422,314
|
| | | | |
|
Shetland Islands
|
23.5
|
630
|
6,119
|
|
Eilean Siar
|
20.9
|
627
|
7,147
|
|
Orkney Islands
|
19.6
|
446
|
5,539
|
|
Highland
|
17.5
|
4,407
|
60,085
|
|
Argyll and Bute
|
17.3
|
1,809
|
25,602
|
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East Renfrewshire
|
16.9
|
2,034
|
25,743
|
|
Aberdeenshire
|
16.6
|
4,861
|
67,017
|
|
Moray
|
16.5
|
1,727
|
25,078
|
|
Scottish Borders
|
16.4
|
2,023
|
31,482
|
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
16.1
|
2,764
|
43,767
|
|
East Lothian
|
15.9
|
1,794
|
26,549
|
|
Perth and Kinross
|
15.7
|
2,439
|
39,138
|
|
Stirling
|
15.7
|
1,603
|
24,156
|
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
15.5
|
2,175
|
31,354
|
|
Midlothian
|
15.4
|
1,612
|
24,088
|
|
Clackmannanshire
|
14.8
|
926
|
13,938
|
|
Angus
|
14.7
|
1,910
|
31,981
|
|
Edinburgh, City of
|
14.7
|
6,751
|
114,416
|
|
Fife
|
14.5
|
6,305
|
101,386
|
|
North Ayrshire
|
14.2
|
2,485
|
39,594
|
|
Glasgow City
|
14.2
|
9,863
|
146,745
|
|
Inverclyde
|
14.1
|
1,517
|
23,554
|
|
West Lothian
|
14.0
|
3,055
|
46,768
|
|
North Lanarkshire
|
13.9
|
5,915
|
92,261
|
|
South Ayrshire
|
13.6
|
1,799
|
32,885
|
|
East Ayrshire
|
13.5
|
2,078
|
35,315
|
|
South Lanarkshire
|
13.5
|
5,246
|
87,503
|
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
13.4
|
1,641
|
26,262
|
|
Dundee City
|
13.4
|
2,257
|
38,714
|
|
Aberdeen City
|
13.4
|
2,993
|
56,381
|
|
Renfrewshire
|
13.0
|
2,863
|
49,408
|
|
Falkirk
|
13.0
|
2,381
|
42,339
|
Notes:
1. A family consists of a couple (married or cohabiting) with or without children, or a lone parent and their children.
2. Cohabiting couples includes same sex couples.
3. A dependent child is a person in a household aged 0 to 15 (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16 to 18 who is a full-time student in a family with parent(s).
4. There is a discrepancy of one, because of an inconsistency in the Scottish data.
5. Figures have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
6. Crown CopyrightÂ(c)2004.
7. Data are taken from Census Commissioned Table M501.
Source:
Census, April 2001, General Register Office for Scotland.
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