Mornington Peninsula (S)

The Mornington Peninsula is located on a promontory separating and Bays, over 40 km to the south-east of . Population growth since 2002 has been slightly below average and is projected to remain at around the same level through to 2022. Persons aged 45 and older are overrepresented in the population, while those aged 15-44 are underrepresented. There is a low rate of cultural diversity with 6.7% born in a non-English speaking country, and 5.2% speaking a language other than English at home. Median household income is around average, and rates of rental stress and food insecurity are above average. The percentage of persons commuting more than two hours is higher than average, as is the rate of vehicle ownership. A higher than average percentage of the population reported type 2 diabetes, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity is also higher than average. However, the percentages reporting asthma, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and arthritis are lower than average. Cancer incidence is well above average, although the rate of avoidable deaths due to cancer is around average, as is cancer screening participation. The rates of intentional and unintentional injury requiring hospitalisation are relatively high, and inpatient separations are well above average. The most frequently attended public hospital is , which accounts for around 54.3% of public hospital separations for the LGA. GP attendance rates are below average.

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 1 1 Community capacity

Geography

Metropolitan/rural Mornington Peninsula (S) Departmental region Southern Metropolitan Area of LGA 724 km ASGS LGA code 25340 Most populous community in LGA Mornington Distance to Melbourne 54 km Travel time to Melbourne 52 minutes Remoteness area Major Cities of ARIA measures (low/average/high) (0.00 / 0.14 / 0.71)

Land use

Business 0.2% Industrial 0.5% Residential 17.4% Rural 55.7% Other 26.2%

Demographics 2012 population profile

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0.0% 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60 63 66 69 72 75 78 81 84 Age in years Mornington Peninsula (S)

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 2 Per annum population change

Time period LGA Victoria 2002–2012, Percentage of actual change 1.19% 1.57% 2012–2022, Percentage of projected change 1.26% 1.58%

2012 population by age and sex

% total LGA % total VIC Females Males Total population population 00–14 13,253 13,892 27,145 18.0% 18.3% 15–24 8,256 9,100 17,356 11.5% 13.6% 25–44 17,142 15,911 33,053 21.9% 29.2% 45–64 20,964 19,035 39,999 26.5% 24.5% 65–84 15,282 13,518 28,800 19.1% 12.4% 85+ 2,750 1,674 4,424 2.9% 2.0% Total 77,647 73,130 150,777 100.0% 100.0%

Population projections by age group and sex, 2012 and 2022

85+ 2022 2022 85+ 80-84 80-84 2012 2012 75-79 75-79 70-74 70-74 65-69 65-69 60-64 60-64 55-59 55-59 50-54 50-54 45-49 45-49 40-44 40-44 35-39 35-39 30-34 30-34 25-29 25-29 20-24 20-24 15-19 15-19 10-14 10-14 05-09 05-09 00-04 00-04

8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 Males Females

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 3 Fertility rate

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Total fertility rate 2.07 38 1.82 Teenage fertility rate 9.91 44 10.38

Diversity

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population 0.8% 48 0.8% Percentage of population born overseas 19.2% 28 27.7% Percentage of population born in non-English 6.7% 37 20.9% speaking country United Kingdom 10.1% New Zealand 1.4%

Top 5 overseas countries of birth Italy 0.8% Netherlands 0.7% Germany 0.6%

Percentage speaking language other than English 5.2% 38 24.2% at home Italian 1.1% Greek 0.8%

Top 5 languages spoken other than English German 0.4% Dutch 0.3% Croatian 0.2%

Percentage with low English proficiency 0.6% 45 4.0% English 44.1% Australian 25.6%

Top 5 ancestries Irish 6.2% Scottish 4.8%

Italian 2.7%

New settler arrivals per 100,000 population 305.1 46 1,415.1 Humanitarian arrivals as a percentage of new 1.5% 38 7.2% settlers Community acceptance of diverse cultures 44.7% 44 50.6%

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 4 Social engagement and crime

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage 1023 59 NA Percentage of households with broadband internet 71.0% 29 72.6% Gaming machine losses per head of adult $651.5 16 $549.5 population Family incidents per 1,000 population 11.0 35 10.8 Drug usage and possession offences per 1,000 2.5 54 3.8 population Total offences per 1,000 population 57.4 45 72.2 Percentage who feel safe walking alone during the 98.9% 28 97.0% day Percentage who feel safe on street alone after 76.7% 43 70.3% dark Percentage who help out as a volunteer 20.2% 56 19.3% Participation in citizen engagement in last year 50.5% 59 50.5% Social networking used to organise time with 27.6% 53 35.1% family/friends Percentage who believe there are good facilities 85.4% 27 85.2% and services in the LGA

2 Socio-economic factors

Economic and employment characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unemployment rate 5.0% 40 5.8% Percentage of individuals with income less than 39.5% 57 39.9% $400 per week Percentage of females with income less than $400 47.6% 48 47.1% per week Percentage of males with income less than $400 30.6% 58 32.1% per week Percentage of families headed by one parent 15.4% 32 15.5% Proportion who are female 82.2% 41 82.8% Proportion who are male 17.8% 39 17.2% Median household income $1,054 37 $1,216 Percentage of low income families with children 8.4% 45 8.7% Percentage of population with food insecurity 7.3% 9 4.6%

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 5 Housing, transport and sustainability characteristics

LGA measure Rank among Victoria LGAs measure Mortgage stress 11.5% 35 11.4% Rental stress 30.3% 8 25.1% Percentage of rental housing that is affordable 21.8% 53 18.4% Median house price $480,000 22 $412,000 Median rent for three bedroom home $330 25 $320 New dwellings approved per 1,000 population 7.3 32 8.6 Social housing as a percentage of total dwellings 1.8% 59 3.8% Number of social housing dwellings 1,441 NA 84,037 Percentage of work journeys which are by car 72.7% 16 66.2%

Percentage of work journeys which are by public 2.8% 41 11.1% transport Persons with at least 2 hour daily commute 14.3% 18 11.6% Percentage of dwellings with no motor vehicle 5.2% 55 8.7% Passenger vehicles per 1,000 population 649.4 11 606.8

Percentage of passenger vehicles more than ten 48.4% 58 47.7% years old

Education characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Full-time equivalent students 24,821 NA 869,698 Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 94.1% 38 93.5% minimum standards in literacy Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 96.2% 34 95.0% minimum standards in numeracy Percentage of 19 year olds completing year 12 81.1% 47 84.2% Percentage of persons who did not complete year 52.2% 48 43.7% 12 Percentage of persons who completed a higher 32.7% 36 45.7% education qualification Percentage of students attending government 64.8% 39 61.6% school

3 Health and wellbeing

Health conditions

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons reporting asthma 10.0% 56 10.9% Percentage of persons reporting type 2 diabetes 6.0% 17 5.0%

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 6 Percentage of persons reporting high blood 21.3% 68 24.5% pressure Percentage of persons reporting heart disease 6.9% 41 6.9% Percentage of persons reporting osteoporosis 3.0% 77 5.3% Percentage of persons reporting arthritis 17.5% 69 19.8% Percentage of persons overweight 37.3% 10 32.5% Percentage of females overweight 28.6% 24 24.6% Percentage of males overweight 46.5% 11 40.6% Percentage of persons obese 18.3% 44 17.3% Percentage of females obese 16.1% 58 17.2% Percentage of males obese 21.5% 19 17.4% Cancer incidence per 100,000 population 789.9 14 522.0 Cancer incidence per 100,000 females 593.7 23 468.1 Cancer incidence per 100,000 males 998.2 9 577.0 Poor dental health 3.6% 70 5.6% Notifications of Pertussis per 1,000 population 1.0 17 0.8 Notifications of Influenza per 1,000 population 1.1 34 1.1 Notifications of Chlamydia per 1,000 population 3.2 27 3.5

Health behaviours

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons 18+ who are current 15.5% 47 15.7% smokers Percentage of females 18+ who are current 14.5% 31 12.9% smokers Percentage of males 18+ who are current smokers 17.0% 42 18.5% Percentage of persons at risk of short-term harm 11.4% 29 9.1% from alcohol consumption Percentage of persons who do not meet fruit and 54.6% 23 51.1% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet fruit and 51.1% 18 45.5% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet fruit and 58.1% 37 56.9% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of persons who drink soft drink every 18.1% 40 15.9% day Percentage of persons who share a meal with 67.6% 49 66.3% family at least 5 days per week Percentage of persons who do not meet physical 31.8% 30 32.1% activity guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet physical 32.7% 30 33.6% activity guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet physical 30.9% 31 30.4% activity guidelines

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 7 Percentage of persons who sit for at least 7 hours 22.8% 55 32.6% per day Percentage of persons who visit a green space at 60.4% 10 50.7% least once per week Percentage of breast cancer screening 55.9% 42 54.6% participation Percentage of cervical cancer screening 62.9% 23 60.2% participation Percentage of bowel cancer screening 37.6% 43 36.5% participation

Children and young person characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Low birth weight babies 5.4% 68 6.6% Percentage of infants fully breastfed at three 47.8% 54 51.4% months Percentage of children fully immunised at 24–27 92.9% 52 91.7% months Percentage of children attending 3 year old 60.8% 62 64.4% maternal and child health checks Kindergarten participation rate 100.0% NA 98.0% Percentage of children with kindergarten subsidy 26.2% 49 24.6% Percentage of children with emotional or 4.0% 38 4.3% behavioural problems at school entry Percentage of children with speech or language 14.5% 42 13.8% problems at school entry Percentage of adolescents who report being 19.1% 35 17.9% recently bullied Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 18.1% 43 19.5% in one or more domains Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 8.5% 47 9.5% in two or more domains Rate of substantiated child abuse per 1,000 8.7 27 6.7 population Rate of children on child protection orders per 3.7 53 5.2 1,000 population Rate of children in out of home care per 1,000 5.0 35 4.6 population

Aged and disability characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of population with need for assistance 5.1% 50 5.0% with core activity People with severe and profound disability living in 4.0% 50 4.0% the community (all ages)

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 8 People with severe and profound disability living in 10.5% 67 13.7% the community (65+) Disability support pension recipients per 1,000 61.1 46 54.9 eligible population Percentage of persons aged 75+ who live alone 35.4% 56 35.9% Proportion who are female 71.5% 55 73.9% Proportion who are male 28.5% 25 26.1% Aged care places (high care) per 1,000 eligible 31.9 63 40.9 population Aged care places (low care) per 1,000 eligible 33.9 72 44.4 population Age pension recipients per 1,000 eligible 663.7 59 694.3 population

Life expectancy and wellbeing

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Male life expectancy 79.8 24 80.3 Female life expectancy 83.5 54 84.4 Percentage persons reporting fair or poor health 13.0% 57 15.9% Percentagestatus of females reporting fair or poor health 11.3% 58 16.2% Percentage of males reporting fair or poor health 15.1% 41 15.6% status Percentage of persons reporting a high/very high 7.0% 70 11.1% degree of psychological distress Percentage of persons sleeping less than 7 hours 30.8% 34 31.5% per day Percentage persons with adequate work-life 56.6% 15 53.1% balance

Injury and mortality

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unintentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 73.6 23 59.1 population Intentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 4.1 15 3.1 population Percentage of unintentional injuries due to falls 39.7% 25 37.3% Indirect standardised death rate per 100,000 5.3 62 5.6 population Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 149.9 60 148.2 years, due to all causes Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 61.7 46 61.4 years, due to cancer Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 33.9 66 39.8 years, due to cardiovascular diseases Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 7.1 60 8.4 years, due to respiratory diseases

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 9 4 Service system

Services and access

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Medicare Local that LGA is located in Frankston - Mornington Peninsula Primary care partnership Frankston-Mornington Peninsula Primary Care Number of hospitals/health services 6 NA 305 General practitioners per 1,000 population 1.2 36 1.2 General practice clinics per 1,000 population 0.4 62 0.5 Dental service sites per 1,000 population 0.2 29 0.2 Allied health service sites per 1,000 population 0.6 46 0.5 Pharmacies per 1,000 population 0.2 48 0.2 Number of schools 50 NA 2,238 Percentage of population near to public transport 46.0% 43 74.2% Percentage of population with private health 52.5% 16 48.0% insurance

Hospital utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Hospital inpatient separations per 1,000 population 516.4 9 419.8 Percentage of inpatient separations in private 54.3% 8 39.4% hospital Main public hospital attended Frankston Hospital Separations from most frequently attended public 52.6% NA NA hospital Average length of stay, public hospital inpatients 3.6 12 3.2 (days) Average length of stay, total hospital inpatients 2.9 47 2.9 (days) Per annum change in hospital inpatient 2.62% 29 2.76% separations, 2002–03 to 2012–13 Projected per annum change in separations, 0.74% 47 2.78% 2012–13 to 2021–22 Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) – 43.0 27 36.1 admission rate per 1,000 population ACSC – average length of stay (days) 5.2 37 5.1 Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) – 16.8 11 12.7 acute admissions per 1,000 population ACSC – chronic admissions per 1,000 population 26.6 35 23.5 ACSC – vaccine preventable admissions per 0.6 55 0.9 1,000 population Emergency Department presentations per 1000 270.9 27 258.8 population

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 10 ED presentations which are primary care type per 92.2 41 107.5 1000 population

Other service utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure GP attendances per 1,000 population – male 3,838.8 61 4,633.4 GP attendances per 1,000 population – female 5,422.2 60 6,257.0 GP attendances per 1,000 population – total 4,643.5 57 5,452.1 HACC clients aged 0–69 per 1,000 target 142.9 45 142.3

HACC clients aged 70 and over per 1,000 target 462.7 38 407.9 population Drug and alcohol clients per 1,000 population 5.0 51 5.8 Registered mental health clients per 1,000 10.8 51 11.1 population

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