Maroondah Health and Wellbeing Statistical Profile (Pdf, 2MB)
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Maroondah City Council Health and Wellbeing Statistical Profile August 2017 Contents 1. Summary of Key Findings ............................................................................... 3 1.1 Population Profile .................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Population Health .................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Community Safety ................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Liveability ................................................................................................................................ 5 2 Population Profile ........................................................................................... 6 2.1 Population ......................................................................................................................... 6 2.2. Age Structure ..................................................................................................................... 8 2.3. Gender ............................................................................................................................. 10 2.4 Cultural Heritage & Diversity ............................................................................................ 11 2.5 Housing Profile ................................................................................................................. 13 2.5.1 Household Types ...................................................................................................... 13 2.5.2 Housing Tenure ........................................................................................................ 14 2.5.3 Maroondah Housing Stress, 2011 ............................................................................. 15 2.5.4 Cost of Housing ........................................................................................................ 17 2.5.5. Forecast Dwellings and Development ....................................................................... 17 2.5.6 Social Housing and Homelessness ............................................................................. 18 2.6 SEIFA ................................................................................................................................ 19 2.7 Education, Employment and Income ................................................................................ 21 2.7.1 Education ................................................................................................................. 21 2.7.2 Employment ............................................................................................................. 21 2.7.3 Income ..................................................................................................................... 24 3. Population Health ...................................................................................... 27 3.1 Self-reported Health......................................................................................................... 28 3.2 Avoidable Death Rate ....................................................................................................... 29 3.3 Life Expectancy at Birth .................................................................................................... 30 3.4 Burden of Disease ............................................................................................................ 30 3.5. Lifecourse ........................................................................................................................ 31 3.5.1 Infants and children .................................................................................................. 31 3.5.2 Young people ........................................................................................................... 33 1 3.5.3 Older adults and disability ........................................................................................ 35 3.6 Modifiable Risk Factors Contributing to Chronic Disease .................................................. 42 3.6.1 Healthy Eating .......................................................................................................... 43 3.6.2 Mental Wellbeing ..................................................................................................... 44 3.6.3 Physical Activity ........................................................................................................ 45 3.7 Sexual & Reproductive Health .......................................................................................... 47 3.8 Health and Wellbeing, Chronic Conditions, Screening and Eye Health .............................. 50 3.8 Social Capital .................................................................................................................... 51 3.9. Health Service Access & Utilisation ................................................................................... 52 4. Community Safety .................................................................................. 55 4.1 Perceptions of Safety ....................................................................................................... 55 4.2 Crime Rates ...................................................................................................................... 56 4.3 Family Violence ................................................................................................................ 59 4.4 Child Abuse & Neglect ...................................................................................................... 59 4.5 Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs................................................................................... 60 4.6 Gambling ......................................................................................................................... 64 5. Liveability................................................................................................... 65 5.1 Green Space ..................................................................................................................... 65 5.2 Transport ......................................................................................................................... 67 5.3 Walkability ....................................................................................................................... 68 5.4 Food................................................................................................................................. 69 5.5 Environmental Sustainability ............................................................................................ 70 6. References ................................................................................................... 74 2 1. Summary of Key Findings 1.1 Population Profile Summary Key findings - Population Profile include: Increase in population requires an integrated planning approach to consider and account for increased demand on infrastructure, housing and services. The greatest period of population increase is forecast during 2017 -2021 (the lifecycle of the upcoming Maroondah Health and Wellbeing Plan) and consideration must be given to how this will be serviced. Maroondah has a lower level of young workforce than Greater Melbourne The largest proportional increase to a service age group between 2016 and 2026 is forecast to be Seniors aged 70 to 84, which is expected to increase from 8.7% to 10.4% of the total population. Inequality in health outcomes for Indigenous & CALD persons need to be addressed Maroondah’s percentage of humanitarian new settler arrivals (50.8%) is the highest in the state (9.3%). The percentages of social housing and rental housing that is affordable (4.1%) are below the state measures (19.1%), Lone person households account for a quarter of Maroondah’s dwellings, highlighting the need for adequate consideration to isolation and social inclusion initiatives. The five areas with Maroondah with the highest level of disadvantage are: Ringwood Metropolitan Activity Centre Croydon Town Centre Kilsyth Ringwood Bayswater North Setting based initiatives required to target pockets of disadvantage within Maroondah 1.2 Population Health Summary Key findings - Population Health include: High level of older females living alone Lower than EMR average for male life expectancy Health promotion initiatives to be undertaken to assist in addressing avoidable mortality and top 10 burden of disease findings Maroondah has the highest rate of suicide in the EMR and is above the avoidable mortality rate (suicide) for Greater Melbourne. Maroondah has the highest rate in the EMR of persons aged 60-69 years experiencing elder abuse and the second highest rate of person 70-79 years experiencing elder abuse Maroondah and Monash have the equal highest percentage of people with a profound or severe disability in the EMR. Accessibility, inclusiveness, and adequate service provision is required in planning for beneficial health and wellbeing outcomes for this cohort. There will be an estimated increase of 4,160 persons, in Maroondah, with dementia between the years of 2016 and 2050. 3 Maroondah has a significantly higher estimate to both the EMR and Victoria for persons consuming sugar sweetened drinks daily. Maroondah has a below EMR and Victoria estimated participation in both 2 yearly cholesterol