Understanding Scottish Places

Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire

Population 26,221

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Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire has a long history as an industrial town. In the 1870s a major shipbuilder was moved from Glasgow port down the Clyde setting up at Clydebank. The company provided housing for the workers. Further industrial and manufacturing jobs arrived thereafter including the Singer sewing machine factory. In WWII the Clydebank blitz destroyed much of Clydebank including industrial buildings. An armaments factory was located in Clydebank. Shipbuilding continued in Clydebank (first as John Brown, then as Upper Clyde Shipbuilders and latterly with a series of owners), closing in 2000. It is associated with Red Clydeside socialist movement.

In large towns, people in this group experience more challenging circumstances with higher rates of unemployment, poorer health, lack of a car, lower levels of education and lower social grades than other groups. A higher proportion live in social rented housing. There is a higher proportion of single person households and lone parents.

Clydebank is an interdependent to independent town.

Its most similar towns are Alloa, Coatbridge, Greenock, and Irvine.

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Interdependent
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Number of jobs

6
Type average 4

Diversity of jobs

-4
Type average 2

Distance travelled to work

4
Type average 3

Number of public sector jobs

-4
Type average 3

Number of hospitals

-4
Type average -3

Number of GP's and dentists

0
Type average -1

Number of children in primary schools

-4
Type average -1

Number of children in secondary schools

2
Type average -2

Distance travelled to study

4
Type average 3

Number of shops

4
Type average 3

Diversity of retail offer

6
Type average 5

Number of charities

Type average -1
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Interdependent
Independent

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Public

Education (% all people aged 16 and over)

  No education Standard grade or equivalent Higher grade or equivalent HNC, HND, SVQ4 Degree or higher degree
Clydebank 23.90518464 22.3356061 9.760673592 26.1611678 17.85109596

Commercial

Distance travelled to study

  At home Up to 5km 5 to 10km 10 to 30km 30km and over
Clydebank 4.332405323976965 11.235269440524771 0.9076694252698219 1.487357461576599 0.14110827199572862

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