Pre-School and Childcare Statistics 2006

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Table 2: Total number of centres and childminders, by main service type and local authority, January 2006

Main Service

Total

Childminder

Nursery

Playgroup

Out of school club

Creche

Children/ Family centre

Breakfast club

Holiday play scheme

No single main service or unknown

ALL

Total Number

5,460

2,412

627

762

168

125

2

93

117

9,766

Total Row Percent

55.9

24.7

6.4

7.8

1.7

1.3

0.0

1.0

1.2

100.0

Local Authority

Aberdeen City

number

260

110

24

36

15

7

1

1

5

459

row percent

56.8

23.9

5.2

7.8

3.3

1.5

0.2

0.2

1.1

100.0

column percent

4.8

4.6

3.8

4.7

8.9

5.6

50.0

1.1

4.3

4.7

Aberdeenshire

number

420

122

86

33

9

6

0

1

8

685

row percent

61.1

17.9

12.6

4.9

1.3

0.9

0.0

0.2

1.2

100.0

column percent

7.6

5.1

13.7

4.3

5.4

4.8

0.0

1.1

6.8

7.0

Angus

number

200

66

27

20

1

1

0

5

1

331

row percent

62.9

20.3

8.3

6.1

0.3

0.3

0.0

1.5

0.3

100.0

column percent

3.8

2.7

4.3

2.6

0.6

0.8

0.0

5.4

0.9

3.4

Argyll & Bute

number

80

62

11

7

5

3

0

1

4

173

row percent

46.9

35.4

6.3

4.0

2.9

1.7

0.0

0.6

2.3

100.0

column percent

1.5

2.6

1.8

0.9

3.0

2.4

0.0

1.1

3.4

1.8

Clackmannanshire

number

30

21

3

6

0

2

0

0

1

63

row percent

47.9

33.1

4.7

9.5

0.0

3.2

0.0

0.0

1.6

100.0

column percent

0.6

0.9

0.5

0.8

0.0

1.6

0.0

0.0

0.9

0.6

Dumfries & Galloway

number

170

64

27

6

3

3

0

2

7

282

row percent

60.4

22.6

9.5

2.1

1.1

1.1

0.0

0.7

2.5

100.0

column percent

3.1

2.7

4.3

0.8

1.8

2.4

0.0

2.2

6.0

2.9

Dundee

number

110

57

3

19

2

7

0

2

3

203

row percent

53.3

28.6

1.5

9.5

1.0

3.5

0.0

1.0

1.5

100.0

column percent

2.0

2.4

0.5

2.5

1.2

5.6

0.0

2.2

2.6

2.1

East Ayrshire

number

100

39

7

12

6

1

0

2

1

168

row percent

60.1

22.9

4.1

7.1

3.5

0.6

0.0

1.2

0.6

100.0

column percent

1.9

1.6

1.1

1.6

3.6

0.8

0.0

2.2

0.9

1.7

East Dunbartonshire

number

170

32

14

21

1

2

0

2

5

247

row percent

68.5

13.1

5.7

8.6

0.4

0.8

0.0

0.8

2.1

100.0

column percent

3.1

1.3

2.2

2.8

0.6

1.6

0.0

2.2

4.3

2.5

East Lothian

number

90

49

16

19

2

0

0

3

1

180

row percent

50.7

26.9

8.8

10.4

1.1

0.0

0.0

1.6

0.6

100.0

column percent

1.7

2.0

2.6

2.5

1.2

0.0

0.0

3.2

0.9

1.8

East Renfrewshire

number

170

23

12

19

1

2

0

3

1

231

row percent

74.0

9.8

5.1

8.1

0.4

0.9

0.0

1.3

0.4

100.0

column percent

3.2

1.0

1.9

2.5

0.6

1.6

0.0

3.2

0.9

2.4

Edinburgh

number

360

225

48

80

25

20

0

16

9

783

row percent

45.8

28.8

6.2

10.3

3.2

2.6

0.0

2.1

1.2

100.0

column percent

6.5

9.3

7.7

10.5

14.9

16.0

0.0

17.2

7.7

8.0

Eilean Siar

number

20

6

30

1

1

1

0

0

0

59

row percent

29.9

10.8

54.0

1.8

1.8

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

column percent

0.3

0.3

4.8

0.1

0.6

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

Falkirk

number

180

61

14

18

3

3

0

0

4

283

row percent

63.4

21.7

5.0

6.4

1.1

1.1

0.0

0.0

1.4

100.0

column percent

3.3

2.5

2.2

2.4

1.8

2.4

0.0

0.0

3.4

2.9

Fife

number

660

138

42

62

11

4

0

11

4

932

row percent

70.8

14.8

4.5

6.7

1.2

0.4

0.0

1.2

0.4

100.0

column percent

12.1

5.7

6.7

8.1

6.6

3.2

0.0

11.8

3.4

9.5

Glasgow

number

120

229

19

106

32

21

1

5

18

551

row percent

22.4

41.2

3.4

19.1

5.8

3.8

0.2

0.9

3.2

100.0

column percent

2.3

9.5

3.0

13.9

19.1

16.8

50.0

5.4

15.4

5.6

Highland

number

300

188

51

25

3

1

0

4

9

581

row percent

52.0

32.1

8.7

4.3

0.5

0.2

0.0

0.7

1.5

100.0

column percent

5.6

7.8

8.1

3.3

1.8

0.8

0.0

4.3

7.7

5.9

Inverclyde

number

30

35

5

11

2

5

0

2

2

102

row percent

36.0

36.2

5.2

11.4

2.1

5.2

0.0

2.1

2.1

100.0

column percent

0.6

1.5

0.8

1.4

1.2

4.0

0.0

2.2

1.7

1.0

Midlothian

number

90

37

11

16

1

6

0

1

1

173

row percent

56.4

22.1

6.6

9.6

0.6

3.6

0.0

0.6

0.6

100.0

column percent

1.7

1.5

1.8

2.1

0.6

4.8

0.0

1.1

0.9

1.8

Moray

number

200

43

26

4

2

1

0

2

4

282

row percent

70.5

15.5

9.4

1.4

0.7

0.4

0.0

0.7

1.4

100.0

column percent

3.6

1.8

4.2

0.5

1.2

0.8

0.0

2.2

3.4

2.9

North Ayrshire

number

160

71

6

22

5

0

0

6

1

271

row percent

59.4

26.0

2.2

8.1

1.8

0.0

0.0

2.2

0.4

100.0

column percent

3.0

2.9

1.0

2.9

3.0

0.0

0.0

6.5

0.9

2.8

North Lanarkshire

number

160

134

10

37

9

1

0

3

2

356

row percent

45.4

37.3

2.8

10.3

2.5

0.3

0.0

0.8

0.6

100.0

column percent

3.0

5.6

1.6

4.9

5.4

0.8

0.0

3.2

1.7

2.6

Orkney Islands

number

50

22

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

85

row percent

68.6

27.6

0.0

2.5

1.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

column percent

1.0

0.9

0.0

0.3

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

Perth & Kinross

number

190

77

27

26

2

2

0

4

3

331

row percent

57.1

23.4

8.2

7.9

0.6

0.6

0.0

1.2

0.9

100.0

column percent

3.4

3.2

4.3

3.4

1.2

1.6

0.0

4.3

2.6

3.4

Renfrewshire

number

40

72

8

29

2

7

0

4

6

168

row percent

24.5

42.5

4.7

17.1

1.2

4.1

0.0

2.4

3.5

100.0

column percent

0.8

3.0

1.3

3.8

1.2

5.6

0.0

4.3

5.1

1.7

Scottish Borders

number

140

72

20

26

1

7

0

0

1

267

row percent

51.9

27.3

7.6

9.8

0.4

2.7

0.0

0.0

0.4

100.0

column percent

2.5

3.0

3.2

3.4

0.6

5.6

0.0

0.0

0.9

2.7

Shetland Islands

number

50

27

7

3

2

2

0

0

0

91

row percent

53.5

30.6

7.9

3.4

2.3

2.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

column percent

0.9

1.1

1.1

0.4

1.2

1.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

South Ayrshire

number

100

49

10

19

5

1

0

2

1

187

row percent

52.9

26.5

5.4

10.3

2.7

0.5

0.0

1.1

0.5

100.0

column percent

1.8

2.0

1.6

2.5

3.0

0.8

0.0

2.2

0.9

1.9

South Lanarkshire

number

340

123

19

29

11

2

0

5

4

533

row percent

64.0

23.0

3.6

5.4

2.1

0.4

0.0

0.9

0.8

100.0

column percent

6.3

5.1

3.0

3.8

6.6

1.6

0.0

5.4

3.4

5.5

Stirling

number

180

46

15

14

1

1

0

2

4

263

row percent

68.0

17.7

5.8

5.4

0.4

0.4

0.0

0.8

1.5

100.0

column percent

3.2

1.9

2.4

1.8

0.6

0.8

0.0

2.2

3.4

2.7

West Dunbartonshire

number

30

31

1

13

3

2

0

1

3

94

row percent

39.2

34.9

1.1

14.6

3.4

2.3

0.0

1.1

3.4

100.0

column percent

0.6

1.3

0.2

1.7

1.8

1.6

0.0

1.1

2.6

1.0

West Lothian

number

250

81

28

21

1

4

0

3

4

392

row percent

63.4

20.9

7.2

5.4

0.3

1.0

0.0

0.8

1.0

100.0

column percent

4.5

3.4

4.5

2.8

0.6

3.2

0.0

3.2

3.4

4.0

Note: The number of childminders is an estimate based on the total number of registered childminders (6,051) provided by the Care Commission, minus the proportion who responded to the survey saying they were inactive. Childminder figures are rounded to the nearest 10. See appendix for confidence intervals.

Page updated: Wednesday, September 13, 2006