Kinship Care Statistics
Statistics on children in kinship care using data from Scotland's Census 2022.
Correction
An error was identified in the calculation of rates of children in kinship care. These were incorrectly stated as rates per 10,000 children. The correct figures are rates per 1,000 children. This error occurred due to human error. The figures have been corrected on this webpage, and in the report and spreadsheets available to download.
Local Authority
Table 11 shows the total number of children in kinship care in each local authority, and the rate per 1,000 children. The highest rates per 1,000 were in Clackmannanshire (22.9), West Dunbartonshire (22.3) and East Ayrshire (20.9). The lowest rates were in East Renfrewshire (4.6) and Orkney Islands (5.1). The majority of local authorities (63%) had rates between 10 and 20 children in kinship care per 10,000 children. Of the remaining local authorities, three had rates higher than 20 per 10,000 children and 9 had rates below 10 per 1,000.
Table 11 Number of Children in Kinship Care and Rate Per 1,000 Children by Local Authority
Number of children in kinship care and rate per 1,000 children by local authority
|
Local authority |
Total number in kinship care |
Kinship care rate per 1,000 |
|
Aberdeen City |
420 |
10.9 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
420 |
7.7 |
|
Angus |
250 |
12.2 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
190 |
13.6 |
|
City of Edinburgh |
760 |
9.3 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
220 |
22.9 |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
490 |
19.7 |
|
Dundee City |
480 |
18.7 |
|
East Ayrshire |
470 |
20.9 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
160 |
7.5 |
|
East Lothian |
190 |
8.5 |
|
East Renfrewshire |
100 |
4.6 |
|
Falkirk |
310 |
10.3 |
|
Fife |
1040 |
15.2 |
|
Glasgow City |
1840 |
17.5 |
|
Highland |
420 |
10.1 |
|
Inverclyde |
220 |
16.3 |
|
Midlothian |
290 |
14.5 |
|
Moray |
160 |
9.3 |
|
Na h-Eileanan Siar |
50 |
11.3 |
|
North Ayrshire |
420 |
17.7 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
880 |
13.1 |
|
Orkney Islands |
20 |
5.1 |
|
Perth and Kinross |
270 |
10.2 |
|
Renfrewshire |
460 |
14.0 |
|
Scottish Borders |
180 |
8.8 |
|
Shetland Islands |
40 |
8.7 |
|
South Ayrshire |
230 |
12.1 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
760 |
12.4 |
|
Stirling |
170 |
10.4 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
370 |
22.3 |
|
West Lothian |
530 |
14.2 |