CENSUS 2016 TOPIC PAPER Targeted Earlier Intervention (TEI) Program Reform: TEI priority groups in Greater Western Sydney By Amy Lawton, Social Research and Information Officer, WESTIR Ltd 2016 © WESTIR Limited A.B.N 65 003 487 965 A.C.N. 003 487 965 This work is Copyright. Apart from use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part can be reproduced by any process without the written permission from the Executive Officer of WESTIR Ltd. All possible care has been taken in the preparation of the information contained in this publication. However, WESTIR Ltd expressly disclaims any liability for the accuracy and sufficiency of the information and under no circumstances shall be liable in negligence or otherwise in or arising out of the preparation or supply of any of the information WESTIR Ltd is partly funded by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services. Suite 7, Level 2 154 Marsden Street [email protected] (02) 9635 7764 Parramatta, NSW 2150 PO Box 136 Parramatta 2124 WESTIR LTD ABN: 65 003 487 965 | ACN: 003 487 965 Targeted Earlier Intervention (TEI) Program Reform: TEI priority groups in Greater Western Sydney, 2016 By Amy Lawton, Social Research and Information Officer, WESTIR Limited Introduction In late 2015, the NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) began the reform process to redesign their early intervention service system for disadvantaged individuals, families and communities in New South Wales (NSW). The reform is collectively known as the Targeted Earlier Intervention (TEI) Program. The aim of the TEI Reform is to create a service system that is flexible, locally responsive, evidence based, adaptive and client-centred. The vision for the TEI Reform is to redesign the service system to ensure that the needs of families, children and young people are met early and that they have access to support earlier to prevent the escalation of need. The overall aims of the TEI Reform is for all children, young people and families in NSW to have a safe and affordable place to live; to live a healthy life; to learn, contribute and achieve; to contribute to and benefit from our economy; to be safe; to participate and feel culturally and socially connected; to contribute to decisions that affect them and to live fulfilling lives. The TEI Reform considers six (6) existing FACS programs: • Community Builders • Families NSW • Aboriginal Child, Youth and Family Strategy • Triple P • Child Youth and Family Support • Getting it Together The TEI will eventually divide the service system into two program streams: (1) Community Strengthening and Wellbeing, and, (2) Wellbeing and Safety of Children, Young People and Families. The target group for the TEI Reform is vulnerable children, young people, families and their communities within NSW. Within this broad target group, the TEI Reform has three priority groups: • 0-3 year olds; • Younger parents (at least one parent is under 20 years); and • Aboriginal children, young people, families and communities in NSW. These priority groups are not mutually exclusive, and some children, young people and their families may fall into more than one of these categories. For more information of the NSW TEI Reform, visit the FACS website. The TEI Reform is gradually being undertaken across NSW, including the Greater Western Sydney (GWS) region. GWS is an area of growing national importance and has one of the fastest growing populations in Australia. An insight into the demographics of TEI priority areas in GWS is therefore required to inform the reform process in the region. 1 Aim of the snapshot The aim of this snapshot is to explore the demographic characteristics of the TEI priority groups in GWS. Regions and terms used in this snapshot GWS is made up of the following 13 Local Government Areas (LGAs): • Blacktown • Hawkesbury • Blue Mountains • Liverpool • Camden • Parramatta • Campbelltown • Penrith • Canterbury – Bankstown • The Hills Shire • Cumberland • Wollondilly • Fairfield This paper also covers two additional LGAs, Lithgow and Wingecarribee, but are not included in GWS totals. GWS is also compared with data for Greater Sydney, Rest of Sydney, FACS Western Sydney District, FACS South Western Sydney District and New South Wales (NSW): • Greater Sydney and NSW are compiled from ABS boundaries. • Rest of Sydney is calculated by subtracting the totals of Greater Sydney with the totals of GWS. • FACS Western Sydney District (FACS WS District) is made up of Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Cumberland, Hawkesbury, Lithgow, Parramatta, Penrith and The Hills Shire LGAs. • FACS South Western Sydney (FACS SWS District) is made up of Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury – Bankstown, Fairfield, Liverpool, Wingecarribee and Wollondilly LGAs. The term Indigenous is used in this paper to classify those who identified as Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin. The term Indigenous household describes any household that had at least one resident of any age at the time of the Census who identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin. Those who are non-Indigenous (individuals and/or households) did not identify with any of the origins above. Overall, these terms have been chosen for ease when comparing Census data between Indigenous and non-Indigenous households and populations. All data tables are based on place of usual residence, unless otherwise stated. A note about regional boundary changes Changes in the GWS and FACS district boundaries have occurred over time due to LGA amalgamations in the region in 2016. The variables in this paper have been reconstructed in Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) TableBuilder Pro so that time series analysis can be undertaken on a regional level. Time series analysis has been undertaken on Census data from 2006, 2011 and 2016. 2006/11 data for GWS, FACS WS and FACS SWS districts has been reconstructed following 2016 LGA boundaries to allow more accurate comparison with 2016 data – in particular, the 2 addition of Canterbury LGA to reflect the formation of Canterbury – Bankstown LGA in 2016. Please note however that the 2006/11 data does not include a small area between The Hills and Hornsby Shires that was acquired by Parramatta LGA in 2016. Snapshot: TEI priority groups in Greater Western Sydney TEI priority group 1: 0-3 year olds Population In 2016, there were 132,717 persons in GWS who were within the 0-3 years age category. This equated to 5.8% of the total GWS population. The LGA with the highest proportion of 0- 3 year olds was Camden (6.7% of total LGA population) and the LGA with the lowest proportion was Wingecarribee (3.9%). When comparing regions, GWS had the same proportion of 0-3 year olds as FACS WS district (5.8% of total population) and a higher proportion than FACS SWS district (5.6%), Greater Sydney (5.1%), Rest of Sydney (4.5%) and NSW (4.9%) (See Table 1). The map on page 6 shows the distribution of 0-3 year olds in GWS in 2016. The map shows concentrations of 0-3 year olds were found throughout Penrith LGA, the north-west of Blacktown LGA, the south-west of The Hills Shire and throughout Camden and Liverpool LGAs. Table 1: Age (0-3 years old) in Greater Western Sydney, 2016 Age (0-3 Total Age (0-3 years) Age years) population (% of total (number) (number) population) Region Blacktown 21,442 336,965 6.4% Blue Mountains 3,296 76,902 4.3% Camden 5,257 78,220 6.7% Campbelltown 9,190 157,007 5.9% Canterbury - Bankstown 19,856 346,300 5.7% Cumberland 13,530 216,077 6.3% Fairfield 9,576 198,816 4.8% Hawkesbury 3,250 64,591 5.0% Lithgow 949 21,090 4.5% Liverpool 12,386 204,330 6.1% Parramatta 13,279 226,153 5.9% Penrith 11,581 196,064 5.9% The Hills Shire 7,501 157,243 4.8% Wingecarribee 1,846 47,878 3.9% Wollondilly 2,598 48,520 5.4% Greater Western Sydney 132,717 2,307,182 5.8% FACS WS District 74,805 1,295,084 5.8% FACS SWS District 60,705 1,081,069 5.6% Greater Sydney 247,054 4,823,993 5.1% Rest of Sydney 114,337 2,516,811 4.5% NSW 369,347 7,480,230 4.9% Please note that there are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals. (ABS Census TableBuilder Pro 2017) 3 When looking at the total child population (0-14 years old), approximately 27% of children in GWS were aged 0-3 years old (See Chart 1). Chart 1: Proportion of 0-3 year olds in total child population (0-14 years old), GWS, 2016 (ABS Census TableBuilder Pro 2017) Changes over time Table 2 shows how the 0-3 year old population of GWS (and corresponding regions) has changed over time. The number of 0-3 year olds in GWS grew from 110,267 persons in 2006 to 132,717 persons in 2016. This represented a 20.4% increase since 2006 and 11.6% increase since 2011. During this period however the proportion of 0-3 year olds in GWS declined from 6.0% in 2006 to 5.8% in 2016. The comparative regions showed similar trends to GWS over this time period, however the 0- 3 year old population in GWS grew at a faster rate than the 0-3 year old populations in FACS WS district, FACS SWS district, Greater Sydney, Rest of Sydney and NSW. Gender, Indigenous status and country of birth Table 3 shows the gender, Indigenous status and country of birth of 0-3 year olds in GWS (and corresponding regions) in 2016.