The City of Onkaparinga

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This report was produced by the Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU), Torrens University, for the Local Government Association of South Australia. The views expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Local Government Association of South Australia. Prepared by PHIDU September 2019 Contents Introduction ............................................................................ 1 Why is data important for local government in public health planning? .............................................. 1 Purpose of this profile........................................................................................................................ 1 The SA Public Health Indicator Framework ....................................................................................... 2 Report content................................................................................................................................... 2 Map 1: The City of Onkaparinga and its respective PHAs . 3 Data quality ............................................................................ 4 Nomenclature ......................................................................... 4 Terminology ........................................................................... 4 Table 1: Selected indicators of population health and its determinants, the City of Onkaparinga compared with Metropolitan Adelaide ........................................................... 5 1. The age structure of the population ..................... 7 2. Population profile ................................................ 10 People born overseas in predominantly non-English speaking countries: country of origin ... 10 People born overseas and reporting poor proficiency in English ........................................... 11 Migration Program and Humanitarian Program ..................................................................... 12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ......................................................................... 16 Disability or long-term illness, and care provided .................................................................. 17 Summary measure of disadvantage: IRSD ........................................................................... 19 3. Employment ......................................................... 20 People receiving unemployment benefits .............................................................................. 20 iii 4. Education .............................................................. 22 Young people aged 16 years and not participating in full-time secondary education ............. 22 School leavers enrolling in higher education ......................................................................... 23 Children whose mother has low educational attainment ....................................................... 24 Young people learning or earning ......................................................................................... 25 5. Income and wealth ............................................... 26 Children in low income, welfare-dependent families ............................................................. 26 Recipients of Age and Disability Support Pensions, and Concession Card holders .............. 27 Household crowding ............................................................................................................. 30 Housing stress and rent relief ............................................................................................... 31 No motor vehicle ................................................................................................................... 35 6. Early life and childhood ....................................... 36 Total fertility rate ................................................................................................................... 36 Women smoking during pregnancy ....................................................................................... 37 Childhood immunisation ....................................................................................................... 38 Obesity: males and females aged 2 to 17 years of age ......................................................... 39 Daily fruit consumption at ages 4 to 17 years ....................................................................... 40 Infant death rate ................................................................................................................... 41 Children and young people who are clients of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service ............................................................................................................................................ 42 Early childhood development ................................................................................................ 43 7. Personal health and wellbeing ............................ 44 Self-assessed health as fair or poor ...................................................................................... 44 High or very high levels of psychological distress ................................................................. 45 Type 2 diabetes .................................................................................................................... 45 Mental health problems ........................................................................................................ 46 Tobacco smoking ................................................................................................................. 47 Obesity ................................................................................................................................. 48 Physical inactivity ................................................................................................................. 50 iv Daily fruit consumption by adults .......................................................................................... 51 Median age at death ............................................................................................................. 51 Premature mortality ........................................................................................................... 52 At ages 15 to 24 years ...................................................................................................... 54 Suicide .............................................................................................................................. 55 Hospital admissions .......................................................................................................... 56 Difficulty accessing healthcare .......................................................................................... 58 Home and Community Care Program ............................................................................... 58 Community mental health services .................................................................................... 60 Availability of residential aged care ................................................................................... 61 8. Community connectedness ................................ 62 People able to get support in times of crisis .......................................................................... 62 Disagree/strongly disagree with acceptance of other cultures ............................................... 63 Government support as main source of income in last two years.......................................... 64 Accessed the Internet at home in the past 12 months ........................................................... 65 9. Personal and community safety ......................... 66 Feel very safe/safe walking in local area after dark ............................................................... 66 Appendix .............................................................................. 67 References ........................................................................... 69 Notes on the data ................................................................ 77 v This page intentionally left blank vi Introduction In partnership with SA Health, the LGA has commissioned updates to the Population Health Profiles to support a council or group of councils to prepare their Regional Public Health Plans (RPHPs) under Section 51 of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011 (the Act). The Act provides a framework for state and local governments to plan for current and emerging public health issues. Mirroring requirements for state government under s.50(3)(a), the Act requires RPHPs to “comprehensively assess the

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