Statistics for Mission The Church of Scotland and Scotland’s Census
Church of Scotland Long association with Scotland’s Census Presence in every part of Scotland Work with National Records of Scotland
Scotland’s Census 2011 ACCESSIBILITY! Web-based PDF files available for EVERY congregation Digitise parish boundaries
Scotland’s Census Smaller output areas Religion detail – Church of Scotland/Roman Catholic/other Bivariate tables – religion by age band, gender, ethnicity, identity
Census Profiles Parish map 12 pages of graphs, charts, tables – Population breakdown – Ethnicity, language, health Presbytery and national figures
Release B Parish map Pop’n H’holds
Training material Congregational material Introduction to using statistics, Census, other data People’s stories
So what? National - targeting support for the most deprived parishes Presbyteries – mission planning, resource deployment Congregations – understanding our communities, new ways of mission, evidence-base for grants
What’s next? Congregations USING profiles to understand and benefit local communities Further research with parish boundary data