THE number people living in Glasgow’s most deprived communities has increased by 10,000 in just seven years according to official statistics.

The latest National Records of Scotland population publication shows that there was just under 200,000 people living in the 10% most deprived areas in the city.

It compares with just 27,000 living in the 10% least deprived communities.

When viewed over a longer period going back to 2011, the earliest comparable date is available, it shows the increase in the population in the city’s most deprived areas.

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The communities are broken down into datazones of postcodes and include small areas of a number of streets.

In 2011 the total amount of people in the most deprived zones was 189,971.

By last year that had gone up considerable to 199,666.

It represents a rise of 5% over seven years.

The number in the least deprived, or most affluent zones has increased by almost the same rate.

It increased from 25,800 in 2011 to 27,000 last year a rise of just under 5%.

The increases mirror the rise in population for the city which has gone up by just under 5% over the same period.

The figures show a breakdown of individual ages for people living in deprived areas and in affluent areas.

The figures show that in the least well of areas there were 2450 children born who had not yet reached their first birthday, compared to 233 born into families in the better of areas

Its shows that for children starting school at age 4 and five there are 5359 in the poorest areas and just 465 in the 10% better of areas.

The figures also showed evidence of an ageing population across Glasgow.

For the older generation there were 1,140 people aged 90 and above in the poorest areas and 187 in the better off.

In total Glasgow had 3785 people living at the ripe old age of 90 and above

In 2011 the total was 3433.

The difference is a 10 % increase over seven years which is twice as fast as the overall population increase for Glasgow over the same period.