Population Profile of West Edinburgh

The Scotland’s Census information from 2011 tells us that 24% of the people in Edinburgh West Parliamentary Constitunacy are over 70 ( if we add on 10 years and assume the over 75s are still alive)

So perhaps 15,000 people at risk over 70 – thats a lot!

Age Group (2011)	Edinburgh West	Scotland
All people	75794	5295403
% 0 to 4 years old	6.1	5.5
% 5 to 15 years old	12.5	11.8
% 16 to 29 years old	15.0	18.5
% 30 to 44 years old	19.6	20.0
% 45 to 59 years old	22.1	21.1
% 60 to 74 years old	15.2	15.5
% 75 years old and over	9.4	7.7
All people	75794	5295403

With Long term health problem disability we have around 12,000 people ( who could also be in the over 70 figures above). This could be hearing, sight loss or other conditions not susceptable to the Coronavirus

Long-term Health Problem or Disability	Edinburgh West	Scotland
All people	75794	5295403
% Limited a lot	7.2	9.6
% Limited a little	9.6	10.1
% Not limited	83.2	80.4

In terms of employment 13% of West Edinburgh work in Human health and social work activities so thats around 4500 workers to be supported.

All persons aged 16 to 74 in employment	36831	2516895
% A. Agriculture, forestry and fishi ng	0.3	1.7
% B. Mining and quarrying	0.2	1.4
% C. Manufacturing	4.8	8.0
% D. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	0.8	0.8
% E. Water supply; sewage, waste management and remediation activities	0.5	0.8
% F. Construction	5.9	8.0
% G. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	12.5	15.0
% H. Transport and storage	4.8	5.0
% I. Accommodation and food service activities	5.5	6.3
% J. Information and communication	3.5	2.7
% K. Financial and insurance activities	13.4	4.5
% L. Real estate activities	1.4	1.2
% M. Professional scientific and technical activities	7.1	5.2
% N. Administrative and support service activities	4.2	4.3
% O. Public administration and defenc; compulsory social security	7.9	7.0
% P. Education	8.8	8.4
% Q. Human health and social work activities	13.3	15.0
% R,S,T,U. Other	5.1	4.9

In terms of nationalities and languages spoken in west Edinburgh the population estimates for all of Edinburgh say that 1 in 5 people are not born in the UK. Nationally in Scotland the countries people were born in are

Country of Birth	Population in Scotland
Poland	86000
Germany	24000
Pakistan	24000
India	21000
Republic of Ireland	17000
Romania	16000
Lithuania	16000
South Africa	16000
United States of America	12000
China	11000

See Population by Country of Birth and Nationality, Scotland, July 2018 to June 2019 by the National Records of Scotland