Children in Residential Care Statistics
Statistics on children in residential care using data from Scotland's Census 2022.
Main language
Where a main language was recorded (for children aged three or over), English was the main language for 96% of children in both residential care and households. The proportion of children who had a main language other than English was similar across both groups (4%).
Figure 4: Most children in both residential care and households had English as their main language.
Percentage of children living in residential care and households by their main language, in 2022 [note 1], [note 2]
[note 1] Other language include Gaelic, Scots, British Sign Language, Other sign language, Polish, and Other categories.
[note 2] Census data does not record a main language for children under the age of three.
Contact
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