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more people in their fifties. The percentage of the population aged 16 to 44 is a concern and
indicates an increasing trend of people in the prime of their working lives leaving Ayrshire.
Census 2011 showed that the population age profile differs from the Scottish average in a
number of areas. Other than in South Ayrshire, the percentage of 5-15 year olds is higher than
the Scottish average; for all three local authority areas the percentage of the population aged
16 to 44 years old is less than the average for Scotland; and across the region the percentage
of people aged over 60, particularly in South Ayrshire, is higher than the Scottish average.
The increase in the percentage of 5-15 year olds has implications for the College in relation to
supporting increasing numbers of school leavers across the region.
The profile of the College’s student population shows that a higher percentage of students in
Ayrshire are aged 16 to 19 and live in deprived areas than the rest of Scotland, and that nine
out of ten students attending Ayrshire College live in the region.
Table 1 demonstrates the residence of students on our three main campuses.
Table 1 Residence of students by campus
Year
2012-13
2013-14
From EA
From NA
From SA
Other
From EA
From NA
From SA
Other
Ayr
25%
10%
57%
7%
28%
10%
56%
5%
59%
17%
15%
9%
59%
17%
16%
8%
Kilwinning
9%
72%
6%
14%
9%
73%
7%
7%
Campus
Kilmarnock
Areas of deprivation
The Ayrshire region has 64 SIMD data zones of the 10% most deprived SIMD data zones in
Scotland, which means that ten per cent of the most deprived data zones in Scotland are in
Ayrshire. The picture varies across the three local authority areas with 32 of the data zones in North
Ayrshire, 21 in East Ayrshire and 11 in South Ayrshire.
Ayrshire College Equality Outcomes and Mainstreaming Equality 2013-15