Most of the people living in Carnoustie, Monifieth and Sidlaw enjoy a good quality of life, but there are some areas where people do less well than others in the locality, Angus and similar communities across Scotland;
- in Carnoustie West young people’s attainment at school has been consistently below the Angus average and other comparable communities
- in Carnoustie West results for young people reaching positive destinations when leaving school are lagging behind both Angus and comparable communities across Scotland and are predicted to worsen
- parts of Carnoustie West are within the 20% most housing deprived areas in Scotland (in terms of overcrowding or no central heating)
- in Monifieth East and Monikie, emergency admissions to hospital of people aged 65 and over have been above the Angus average and comparable communities across Scotland and are predicted to continue rising
- in Monifieth East, early mortality has been rising slowly and is predicted to continue to rise
- child poverty in Monifieth East and Monifieth West is lower than the Angus average but is forecast to increase, with Monifieth West already above that of comparable communities across Scotland
- Carnoustie West and Monifieth East both show trends above the National and Angus average for the prescription of drugs for anxiety, depression or psychosis
- the population estimate data we have suggests that in Carnoustie East, Monifieth East and West the population has been falling steadily over the past ten years and is expected to continue to fall. This is in contrast to Angus as a whole. Some of the other information we have about recent housing development and pressure on services may indicate a reversal of this decline
- Monikie and South Angus are within the most deprived areas in Scotland in relation to access to services
The Carnoustie, Monifieth and Sidlaw Inequalities Profile helped us to develop our locality plan and areas for action.