South Gippsland (S)

South Gippsland Shire is located about 130 kilometres south-east of Melbourne and includes Wilsons Promontory. The most populous community is Leongatha. Population growth has been lower than average since 2002 and this trend is projected to continue to 2022. The 15-44 age bracket is underrepresented in the population, while those aged 45 and older are overrepresented. Cultural diversity is low, with 5% born in a non-English speaking country and 3.4% speaking a language other than English at home. Crime rates are low, while volunteering and citizen engagement are high and the unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the state. The percentage of low income individuals is higher than average, and the median household income is below the state average. Mortgage stress is slightly higher than average, despite relatively low median house prices, and the rate of car ownership is one of the highest in the state. 80% of students attend government schools, one of the highest percentages in the state. The percentage of persons reporting heart disease is higher than average, cancer incidence is also high, and more than 17% of the population are reported to be consuming alcohol at risky levels. Cancer screening participation rates are high, particularly for bowel cancer. Avoidable deaths due to cardiovascular diseases are well above average. The most frequently attended public hospital is the Leongatha Memorial Hospital which accounts for around 27% of public hospital separations in the LGA. Emergency department presentations, including primary care type presentations, are lower than average, as are GP attendances. The rates of HACC clients per 1,000 population are well above average.

South Gippsland (S) Page 1 1 Community capacity

Geography

Metropolitan/rural South Gippsland (S) Departmental region Gippsland Area of LGA 3,299 km ASGS LGA code 26170 Most populous community in LGA Leongatha Distance to Melbourne 130 km Travel time to Melbourne 1 hour 48 minutes Remoteness area Inner Regional Australia ARIA measures (low/average/high) (0.99 / 2.30 / 5.11)

Land use

Business 0.0% Industrial 0.2% Residential 0.7% Rural 79.0% Other 20.1%

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 South Gippsland (S) Victoria

South Gippsland (S) Page 2 Per annum population change

Time period LGA Victoria 2002–2012, Percentage of actual change 0.76% 1.57% 2012–2022, Percentage of projected change 0.90% 1.58%

2012 population by age and sex

% total LGA % total VIC Females Males Total population population 00–14 2,511 2,644 5,155 18.5% 18.3% 15–24 1,454 1,504 2,957 10.6% 13.6% 25–44 2,980 2,911 5,891 21.2% 29.2% 45–64 4,140 4,039 8,180 29.4% 24.5% 65–84 2,435 2,503 4,938 17.7% 12.4% 85+ 455 244 698 2.5% 2.0% Total 13,974 13,845 27,819 100.0% 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

1,500 1,000 500 0 500 1,000 1,500 Males Females

South Gippsland (S) Page 3 Fertility rate

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Total fertility rate 2.18 28 1.82 Teenage fertility rate 12.78 33 10.38

Diversity

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population 0.9% 40 0.8% Percentage of population born overseas 11.7% 44 27.7% Percentage of population born in non-English 5.0% 47 20.9% speaking country United Kingdom 5.0% New Zealand 1.2%

Top 5 overseas countries of birth Netherlands 1.1% Italy 0.9% Germany 0.6%

Percentage speaking language other than English 3.6% 49 24.2% at home Italian 1.1% German 0.4%

Top 5 languages spoken other than English Dutch 0.4% Greek 0.1% Spanish 0.1%

Percentage with low English proficiency 0.5% 51 4.0% English 42.5% Australian 30.1%

Top 5 ancestries Irish 6.2% Scottish 4.5%

Italian 3.0%

New settler arrivals per 100,000 population 201.3 66 1,415.1 Humanitarian arrivals as a percentage of new 7.1% 19 7.2% settlers Community acceptance of diverse cultures 41.6% 56 50.6%

South Gippsland (S) Page 4 Social engagement and crime

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage 1000 48 NA Percentage of households with broadband internet 64.6% 53 72.6% Gaming machine losses per head of adult $298.1 50 $549.5 population Family incidents per 1,000 population 8.3 51 10.8 Drug usage and possession offences per 1,000 2.7 51 3.8 population Total offences per 1,000 population 47.3 57 72.2 Percentage who feel safe walking alone during the 99.4% 16 97.0% day Percentage who feel safe on street alone after 88.4% 13 70.3% dark Percentage who help out as a volunteer 31.5% 18 19.3% Participation in citizen engagement in last year 71.4% 5 50.5% Social networking used to organise time with 25.0% 65 35.1% family/friends Percentage who believe there are good facilities 70.5% 65 85.2% and services in the LGA

2 Socio-economic factors

Economic and employment characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unemployment rate 3.3% 75 5.8% Percentage of individuals with income less than 43.5% 28 39.9% $400 per week Percentage of females with income less than $400 52.0% 19 47.1% per week Percentage of males with income less than $400 34.5% 38 32.1% per week Percentage of families headed by one parent 12.9% 58 15.5% Proportion who are female 80.9% 56 82.8% Proportion who are male 19.1% 24 17.2% Median household income $920 49 $1,216 Percentage of low income families with children 7.8% 53 8.7% Percentage of population with food insecurity 6.1% 20 4.6%

South Gippsland (S) Page 5 Housing, transport and sustainability characteristics

LGA measure Rank among Victoria LGAs measure Mortgage stress 13.3% 18 11.4% Rental stress 23.4% 51 25.1% Percentage of rental housing that is affordable 81.3% 14 18.4% Median house price $255,000 51 $412,000 Median rent for three bedroom home $250 55 $320 New dwellings approved per 1,000 population 7.2 34 8.6 Social housing as a percentage of total dwellings 1.5% 64 3.8% Number of social housing dwellings 224 NA 84,037 Percentage of work journeys which are by car 64.4% 52 66.2%

Percentage of work journeys which are by public 0.8% 55 11.1% transport Persons with at least 2 hour daily commute 3.9% 51 11.6% Percentage of dwellings with no motor vehicle 3.8% 73 8.7% Passenger vehicles per 1,000 population 657.8 5 606.8

Percentage of passenger vehicles more than ten 55.3% 26 47.7% years old

Education characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Full-time equivalent students 4,746 NA 869,698 Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 93.8% 41 93.5% minimum standards in literacy Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 95.6% 39 95.0% minimum standards in numeracy Percentage of 19 year olds completing year 12 81.1% 48 84.2% Percentage of persons who did not complete year 62.8% 23 43.7% 12 Percentage of persons who completed a higher 28.0% 52 45.7% education qualification Percentage of students attending government 80.0% 7 61.6% school

3 Health and wellbeing

Health conditions

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons reporting asthma 8.7% 72 10.9% Percentage of persons reporting type 2 diabetes 4.2% 51 5.0%

South Gippsland (S) Page 6 Percentage of persons reporting high blood 22.8% 59 24.5% pressure Percentage of persons reporting heart disease 8.2% 14 6.9% Percentage of persons reporting osteoporosis 4.4% 67 5.3% Percentage of persons reporting arthritis 20.6% 42 19.8% Percentage of persons overweight 31.5% 53 32.5% Percentage of females overweight 22.3% 64 24.6% Percentage of males overweight 41.6% 35 40.6% Percentage of persons obese 17.9% 47 17.3% Percentage of females obese 18.8% 42 17.2% Percentage of males obese 17.2% 46 17.4% Cancer incidence per 100,000 population 629.1 30 522.0 Cancer incidence per 100,000 females 522.4 36 468.1 Cancer incidence per 100,000 males 736.8 21 577.0 Poor dental health 7.6% 17 5.6% Notifications of Pertussis per 1,000 population 1.4 11 0.8 Notifications of Influenza per 1,000 population 2.0 8 1.1 Notifications of Chlamydia per 1,000 population 3.4 23 3.5

Health behaviours

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons 18+ who are current 14.1% 59 15.7% smokers Percentage of females 18+ who are current 13.2% 42 12.9% smokers Percentage of males 18+ who are current smokers 15.8% 53 18.5% Percentage of persons at risk of short-term harm 17.1% 4 9.1% from alcohol consumption Percentage of persons who do not meet fruit and 54.5% 24 51.1% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet fruit and 49.0% 22 45.5% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet fruit and 60.2% 29 56.9% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of persons who drink soft drink every 16.1% 47 15.9% day Percentage of persons who share a meal with 71.5% 34 66.3% family at least 5 days per week Percentage of persons who do not meet physical 31.7% 32 32.1% activity guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet physical 37.2% 13 33.6% activity guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet physical 25.7% 57 30.4% activity guidelines

South Gippsland (S) Page 7 Percentage of persons who sit for at least 7 hours 24.8% 43 32.6% per day Percentage of persons who visit a green space at 45.2% 51 50.7% least once per week Percentage of breast cancer screening 60.8% 13 54.6% participation Percentage of cervical cancer screening 63.8% 21 60.2% participation Percentage of bowel cancer screening 42.8% 7 36.5% participation

Children and young person characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Low birth weight babies 4.2% 77 6.6% Percentage of infants fully breastfed at three 55.7% 33 51.4% months Percentage of children fully immunised at 24–27 94.3% 31 91.7% months Percentage of children attending 3 year old 72.5% 25 64.4% maternal and child health checks Kindergarten participation rate 100.0% NA 98.0% Percentage of children with kindergarten subsidy 34.6% 34 24.6% Percentage of children with emotional or 3.7% 41 4.3% behavioural problems at school entry Percentage of children with speech or language 15.7% 35 13.8% problems at school entry Percentage of adolescents who report being 19.7% 27 17.9% recently bullied Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 14.0% 63 19.5% in one or more domains Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 8.7% 46 9.5% in two or more domains Rate of substantiated child abuse per 1,000 8.6 28 6.7 population Rate of children on child protection orders per 7.2 31 5.2 1,000 population Rate of children in out of home care per 1,000 7.7 23 4.6 population

Aged and disability characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of population with need for assistance 5.5% 40 5.0% with core activity People with severe and profound disability living in 4.3% 41 4.0% the community (all ages)

South Gippsland (S) Page 8 People with severe and profound disability living in 10.8% 61 13.7% the community (65+) Disability support pension recipients per 1,000 68.6 38 54.9 eligible population Percentage of persons aged 75+ who live alone 35.5% 55 35.9% Proportion who are female 71.8% 53 73.9% Proportion who are male 28.2% 27 26.1% Aged care places (high care) per 1,000 eligible 30.7 67 40.9 population Aged care places (low care) per 1,000 eligible 45.5 43 44.4 population Age pension recipients per 1,000 eligible 681.3 55 694.3 population

Life expectancy and wellbeing

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Male life expectancy 78.3 56 80.3 Female life expectancy 83.4 57 84.4 Percentage persons reporting fair or poor health 11.8% 62 15.9% Percentagestatus of females reporting fair or poor health 9.6% 66 16.2% Percentage of males reporting fair or poor health 14.2% 52 15.6% status Percentage of persons reporting a high/very high 7.9% 59 11.1% degree of psychological distress Percentage of persons sleeping less than 7 hours 29.5% 46 31.5% per day Percentage persons with adequate work-life 49.4% 44 53.1% balance

Injury and mortality

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unintentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 46.1 55 59.1 population Intentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 2.0 61 3.1 population Percentage of unintentional injuries due to falls 36.4% 47 37.3% Indirect standardised death rate per 100,000 5.5 60 5.6 population Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 174.4 36 148.2 years, due to all causes Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 57.1 64 61.4 years, due to cancer Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 55.6 9 39.8 years, due to cardiovascular diseases Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 8.1 48 8.4 years, due to respiratory diseases

South Gippsland (S) Page 9 4 Service system

Services and access

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Medicare Local that LGA is located in Gippsland Primary care partnership South Coast Health Services Consortium Number of hospitals/health services 3 NA 305 General practitioners per 1,000 population 1.3 18 1.2 General practice clinics per 1,000 population 0.7 26 0.5 Dental service sites per 1,000 population 0.2 28 0.2 Allied health service sites per 1,000 population 0.8 23 0.5 Pharmacies per 1,000 population 0.2 34 0.2 Number of schools 22 NA 2,238 Percentage of population near to public transport 8.5% 70 74.2% Percentage of population with private health 41.5% 35 48.0% insurance

Hospital utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Hospital inpatient separations per 1,000 population 437.4 36 419.8 Percentage of inpatient separations in private 20.5% 59 39.4% hospital Main public hospital attended Leongatha Memorial Hospital Separations from most frequently attended public 26.8% NA NA hospital Average length of stay, public hospital inpatients 3.2 40 3.2 (days) Average length of stay, total hospital inpatients 3.1 23 2.9 (days) Per annum change in hospital inpatient 1.95% 45 2.76% separations, 2002–03 to 2012–13 Projected per annum change in separations, -0.56% 64 2.78% 2012–13 to 2021–22 Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) – 40.7 36 36.1 admission rate per 1,000 population ACSC – average length of stay (days) 5.3 30 5.1 Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) – 14.3 29 12.7 acute admissions per 1,000 population ACSC – chronic admissions per 1,000 population 26.0 38 23.5 ACSC – vaccine preventable admissions per 0.9 31 0.9 1,000 population Emergency Department presentations per 1000 125.1 69 258.8 population

South Gippsland (S) Page 10 ED presentations which are primary care type per 49.0 68 107.5 1000 population

Other service utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure GP attendances per 1,000 population – male 3,844.2 59 4,633.4 GP attendances per 1,000 population – female 5,368.5 62 6,257.0 GP attendances per 1,000 population – total 4,605.0 62 5,452.1 HACC clients aged 0–69 per 1,000 target 260.7 12 142.3

HACC clients aged 70 and over per 1,000 target 608.3 14 407.9 population Drug and alcohol clients per 1,000 population 6.3 33 5.8 Registered mental health clients per 1,000 12.2 43 11.1 population

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