Summary Results of the 2003 Pre-School and Daycare Census

SUMMARY RESULTS OF THE 2003: PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CENSUS

Table 18: Children attending pre-school education centres by local authority area and age of child Scotland, January 2003

Local Authority	Children in pre-school education
Local Authority	Total number of children	Number of children aged 3	Percentage of 3 year olds in pre-school ¹	Number of children aged 4	Percentage of 4 year olds in pre-school ¹	Number of children aged 5+
Scotland	105,078	45,046	83	55,608	99	4,424
Aberdeen City	4,055	1,722	84	2,039	96	294
Aberdeenshire	5,320	2,174	86	2,700	101	446
Angus	2,364	993	91	1,197	103	174
Argyll & Bute	1,673	688	82	907	104	78
Clackmannanshire	1,049	460	86	509	94	80
Dumfries & Galloway	3,097	1,317	94	1,661	110	119
Dundee City	2,737	1,127	79	1,443	98	167
East Ayrshire	2,372	1,027	82	1,304	100	41
East Dunbartonshire	2,169	979	91	1,139	95	51
East Lothian	2,071	891	84	1,096	102	84
East Renfrewshire	1,726	751	73	929	85	46
Edinburgh, City of	8,808	3,648	82	4,585	102	575
Eilean Siar	611	269	103	301	106	41
Falkirk	2,667	1,070	66	1,553	92	44
Fife	7,562	3,318	89	4,080	105	164
Glasgow City	11,551	5,056	82	6,117	98	378
Highland	4,963	1,906	86	2,708	114	349
Inverclyde	1,626	727	82	862	91	37
Midlothian	1,718	746	76	889	89	83
Moray	1,915	823	86	1,005	101	87
North Ayrshire	2,686	1,169	84	1,464	97	53
North Lanarkshire	6,702	2,927	76	3,615	91	160
Orkney Islands	362	118	64	214	109	30
Perth & Kinross	2,522	997	73	1,381	97	144
Renfrewshire	3,381	1,554	79	1,741	88	86
Scottish Borders	2,216	1,053	94	1,070	93	93
Shetland Islands	526	217	81	253	100	56
South Ayrshire	2,147	894	81	1,221	105	32
South Lanarkshire	7,016	3,252	96	3,590	105	174
Stirling	1,891	812	86	1,023	103	56
West Dunbartonshire	1,968	855	83	1,054	99	59
West Lothian	3,607	1,506	74	1,958	95	143

Note 1: The percentage of children attending pre-school education in an area can exceed 100 per cent either due to the double counting mentioned in table 1 or due to children commuting from their home areas to attend pre-school provision in another local authority area.
Source: Population figures from General Register Office (Scotland), 2000 based population projections - adjusted to end January base

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