Catchment Health & Wellbeing Profile

August 2014 Version 2.1

Table of Contents

List of Tables ...... iii

List of Figures ...... vi Glossary ...... viii Introduction ...... 1 The Region ...... 1 Social Determinants of Health ...... 3 Demographic Characteristics ...... 5 Population ...... 5 Population by Town and Sex 2011 ...... 5 Population Forecast ...... 6 Age Structure ...... 7 Age Structures Population Projections ...... 10 Median Age ...... 11 Proportion of Population Aged 0 - 4 Years ...... 12 Population Aged 5 - 14 years ...... 13 Population Aged 15 – 24 Years ...... 14 Adolescent Population Projection ...... 15 Population Aged 65 Years and Over ...... 15 People living alone ...... 16 Lone Person Households by Age and Sex ...... 17 Income ...... 19 Median Household Income ...... 20 Median Individual Weekly Income ...... 21 Wellington Individual Income (Indigenous) ...... 24 Household weekly income by family composition ...... 25 Couple family with children ...... 26 One parent family ...... 27 Income Support ...... 28 Unemployment Benefits ...... 29 Families and Children ...... 33 Family Structure ...... 33 Children’s Development ...... 35 Cultural Diversity ...... 38 Place of Birth ...... 39 Languages Spoken at Home ...... 41 Acceptance of Diverse Cultures ...... 42 Indigenous Population ...... 43 Health ...... 49 Burden of Disease ...... 49 DALY Rates for Disease & Injury ...... 50 Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) ...... 54 Life Expectancy at Birth ...... 59 Premature Mortality ...... 60 Potentially Avoidable Deaths ...... 62 Chronic disease risk factors ...... 64 Healthy Eating & Nutrition ...... 73

i Gambling Participation ...... 78 Mental Health ...... 79 Disability...... 83 Health Checks ...... 87 Education and Employment ...... 91 Education ...... 91 Labour force status of persons aged 15 years and over (2011) ...... 95 Industry of employment ...... 96 Proportion of labour force by occupation...... 97 School Qualification ...... 98 Unemployment Rates ...... 99 Crime and Safety ...... 100 Youth Justice System ...... 107 Road Accidents ...... 111 Transport ...... 112 Housing ...... 114 Social Housing ...... 114 Dwelling Structures ...... 115 Housing Payments ...... 118 Home Internet Access ...... 119 SEIFA Index of Relative Socio‐economic Disadvantage ...... 120 VicHealth Indicators ...... 122 Wellbeing: ...... 122 Work, life and time: ...... 122 Green space and safety ...... 123 Community engagement ...... 123 Arts and new media ...... 124 Data sources ...... 125

Version 2.1 October 2014 ii

List of Tables

Table 1: Estimated Resident Population Years 2005-2011 ...... 5

Table 2: Population by Town and Sex 2011 ...... 5 Table 3: Population Growth Estimate ...... 6 Table 4: Age structure ...... 7 Table 5: Wellington age structure population projection ...... 10 Table 6: Median age ...... 11 Table 7: Population aged years 0 - 4 ...... 12 Table 8: Population aged 5 - 14 ...... 13 Table 9: Population aged 15-24 years ...... 14 Table 10: Adolescent population projections for Wellington LGA: 2011 to 2026 ...... 15 Table 11: Proportion of Population Aged 65 Years and Over ...... 15 Table 12: Percentage of people living alone ...... 16 Table 13: Number of lone person households by age and sex, Wellington 2011 ...... 17 Table 14: Percentage of lone person households by age and sex, Wellington 2011 ...... 17 Table 15: Gross weekly household income ...... 19 Table 16: Median household income ...... 20 Table 17: Median individual weekly income ...... 21 Table 18: Wellington individual weekly income by number of persons ...... 22 Table 19: Wellington individual weekly income – percentage of population ...... 23 Table 20: Individual income (Indigenous) – Percentage of population ...... 24 Table 21: Victorian individual income (Indigenous) – Percentage of population ...... 24 Table 22: Household weekly income – couple family with no children ...... 25 Table 23: Household weekly income - couple family with children ...... 26 Table 24: Household weekly income - one parent family ...... 27 Table 25: Aged pensions June 2009 ...... 28 Table 26: People receiving unemployment benefit ...... 29 Table 27: Young people aged 15-24 years receiving an unemployment benefit ...... 30 Table 28: Welfare dependant and other low income families ...... 31 Table 29: Female sole parent pensions ...... 32 Table 30: Family composition ...... 33 Table 31: Birth rate ...... 34 Table 32: Low birth weight births ...... 34 Table 33: Maternal and Child Health Centre attendance ...... 35 Table 34: Cultural diversity ...... 38 Table 35: Place of birth – Wellington residents ...... 39 Table 36: Languages spoken at home (full classification) ...... 41 Table 37: Community acceptance of diverse cultures...... 42 Table 38: Indigenous population ...... 43 Table 39: Population distribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders 2011 (Number) ...... 45 Table 40: Population distribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders 2011 (Percentage) ...... 45 Table 41: ATSI population by sex by age (Number) ...... 47 Table 42: ATSI population by sex by age (Percentage) ...... 47 Table 43: Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) rates for 2001 (all causes) ...... 49 Table 44: Disability Adjusted Life Years rates ...... 51 Table 45: Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions...... 54 Table 46: ACSC by individual condition ...... 55 Table 47: ACSC standardised admission rates for Victoria and Wellington PCP region ...... 56

Version 2.1 October 2014 iii Table 48: Adolescent hospitalisation rate for injuries and poisonings ...... 57 Table 49: ACSC standardised admission rate trend for dental conditions ...... 57 Table 50: Life expectancy at birth ...... 59 Table 51: Premature mortality by sex ...... 60 Table 52: Deaths aged 0 - 74 years 2003-2007 ...... 61 Table 53: Death 0 - 74 years – Average annual rate in 100,000 ...... 63 Table 54: Chronic disease factors ...... 64 Table 55: Current smokers (synthetic prediction) 18 years and over ...... 65 Table 56: Support for smoking ban in outside dining areas ...... 66 Table 57: Harmful use of alcohol ...... 67 Table 58: Alcohol Purchases ...... 68 Table 59: Physical inactivity ...... 70 Table 60: Obese persons...... 72 Table 61: Health Lifestyle behaviours ...... 73 Table 62: Usual daily intake of two or more serves of fruit ...... 74 Table 63: Vegetable intake (Serves per day) ...... 76 Table 64: Proportion of people who did not meet consumption guidelines ...... 77 Table 65: Reasons why people do not always have the type of food they want ...... 77 Table 66: Gambling participation ...... 78 Table 67: Disability Adjusted Life Years rates ...... 79 Table 68: Deaths from suicide and self-inflicted injuries ...... 80 Table 69: Persons needing assistance ...... 83 Table 70: Number of children and adults (to 64 years) with a disability: 2006 ...... 83 Table 71: Number of children and adults (to 64 years) with a profound or severe disability: 2006 ...... 83 Table 72: Percentage of children and adults (to 64 years) with a profound or severe disability: 2006 ...... 83 Table 73: Percentages of people in broad disability categories by age range: Gippsland ...... 84 Table 74: Percentages of people with profound or severe disabilities in broad disability categories by age range: Gippsland ...... 84 Table 75: Auslan sign language users by Gippsland LGA – 2006 ...... 85 Table 76: Time change from 1996 to 2006 in number of Auslan users – Wellington LGA ...... 85 Table 77: Carers – Providers of assistance ...... 86 Table 78: Centrelink data ...... 86 Table 79: Breast cancer screening ...... 87 Table 80: Cervical screening participation ...... 88 Table 81: GP availability ...... 89 Table 82: Highest year of school completed by Indigenous persons ...... 93 Table 83: Labour force status of persons aged 15 and over (2011) ...... 95 Table 84: Industry of employment ...... 96 Table 85: Proportion of labour force by occupation 2011 ...... 97 Table 86: Qualification level of Wellington residents by age & Indigenous status 2011 (number) ...... 98 Table 87: Qualification level of Wellington residents by age & Indigenous status 2011 (percentage) ...... 98 Table 88: DEEWR unemployment rates Wellington December 2010 and December 2011 ...... 99 Table 89: Offences (crimes against the person) ...... 100 Table 90: Offences (crime against property) ...... 101 Table 91: Crime rate trends (crimes against the person) – Wellington Shire ...... 102 Table 92: Crime rate trends (crimes against person) – Eastern Region (Division 6) ...... 102 Table 93: Crime rate trends (crimes against the person) – Victoria ...... 103 Table 94: Crime rate trends (crimes against property) – Eastern Region Division 6 ...... 104 Table 95: Crime rate trends (crimes against property) – Eastern Region Division 6 ...... 104 Table 96: Crime rate trends (property crimes) – Victoria ...... 105 Table 97: Family incidents reports ...... 106 Table 98: Youth justice Gippsland client offence type ...... 107

Version 2.1 October 2014 iv Table 99: Youth offenders by gender ...... 108 Table 100: Current age of active youth justice clients - Gippsland ...... 108 Table 101: Youth justice Gippsland client Indigenous status ...... 109 Table 102: Clients diagnosed with an intellectual disability ...... 109 Table 103: Youth justice Gippsland client resident location by LGA ...... 110 Table 104: Road fatalities 2013 ...... 111 Table 105: Serious injuries ...... 111 Table 106: Method of travel to work for Wellington residents: Single mode 2011 ...... 112 Table 107: Number of motor vehicles per dwelling: 2011 ...... 112 Table 108: Percentage of motor vehicles per dwelling: 2011 ...... 113 Table 109: Experience of transport limitations in day-to-day life as percentage of population: 2007...... 114 Table 110: Social housing (numbers) ...... 115 Table 111: Social housing (percentages) ...... 115 Table 112: Dwelling structure of non-Indigenous households 2011 ...... 115 Table 113: Dwelling structure of households with Indigenous persons 2011 (number) ...... 116 Table 114: Dwelling structure of households with Indigenous persons 2011 (%) ...... 116 Table 115: Average household size www.abs.gov.au ...... 116 Table 116: Median rent ...... 117 Table 117: Median home loan repayment ...... 118 Table 118: 2011 Index of relative socio-economic disadvantage of towns in Wellington Shire ...... 120 Table 119: 2006 Index of education & occupation ...... 121 Table 120: 2006 Index of economic resources ...... 121 Table 121: Subjective Wellbeing 2011 ...... 122 Table 122: Work, Life and Time Indicators 2011 ...... 122 Table 123: Green Space and Safety Indicators ...... 123 Table 124: Community Engagement Indicators 2011 ...... 123 Table 125: Arts and New Media Indicators ...... 124 Table 126: Data sources ...... 125

Version 2.1 October 2014 v

List of Figures

Figure 1: Gippsland SLA boundaries ...... 1

Figure 2: Wellington Shire Map ...... 2 Figure 3: Estimated Population by Total Persons 2011 ...... 5 Figure 4: Population Growth Net Change ...... 6 Figure 5: Age structure ...... 8 Figure 6: Age structure deviations from Victorian average ...... 9 Figure 7: Wellington age structure population projection ...... 10 Figure 8: Median age ...... 11 Figure 9: Proportion of population aged 0 - 4 Years ...... 12 Figure 10: Proportion of population Aged 5-14 Years (2011) ...... 13 Figure 11: Proportion of Population Aged 15-24 Years ...... 14 Figure 12: Proportion of Population Aged 65 Years and Over ...... 16 Figure 13: Percentage of Persons Living Alone ...... 17 Figure 14: Number of lone person households - Wellington ...... 18 Figure 15: Gross family household weekly income ...... 19 Figure 16: Median household income ...... 20 Figure 17: Median individual weekly income ...... 21 Figure 18: Household weekly income – couple family with no children ...... 25 Figure 19: Household weekly income - couple family with children ...... 26 Figure 20: Household weekly income – one parent family 2011 ...... 27 Figure 21: Proportion of eligible population receiving an aged pension ...... 28 Figure 22: Proportion of people aged 16-64 years receiving an unemployment benefit ...... 29 Figure 23: Proportion of persons aged 15-24 years receiving an unemployment benefit ...... 30 Figure 24: Proportion of welfare and other low income families ...... 31 Figure 25: Proportion of females aged 15-54 years in receipt of a sole parent pension ...... 32 Figure 26: Participation in Maternal & Child Health visits ...... 35 Figure 27: Child Protection Notification Rates ...... 36 Figure 28: Percent of Aboriginal people within region...... 43 Figure 29: Gippsland Aboriginal population ...... 44 Figure 30: Wellington - Proportion of ATSI population by age and gender 2011 ...... 48 Figure 31: Gippsland - Proportion of ATSI population by age and gender 2011 ...... 48 Figure 32: Victoria -Proportion of ATSI population by age and gender 2011 ...... 48 Figure 33: DALY rates per 1000 population ...... 49 Figure 34: Disability Adjusted Life Years rates (2001) Major Categories per 1,000 population ...... 53 Figure 35: Standardised admission rates for ACSC ...... 56 Figure 36: Life expectancy at birth – Persons born in 2007 ...... 59 Figure 37: Premature mortality by sex ...... 60 Figure 38: Potentially avoidable deaths ...... 63 Figure 39: Proportion of population with at least one health risk factor 2007-2008 ...... 64 Figure 40: Proportion of the population who smoke...... 65 Figure 41: Proportion of population who were current smokers by sex (2007 – 2008) ...... 66 Figure 42: Proportion of the population with risky levels of alcohol consumption for short term risk of alcohol related harm...... 67 Figure 43: Alcohol purchases ...... 68 Figure 44: Proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who are physically inactive 2007-2008...... 71 Figure 45: Proportion of Indigenous population by educational attainment ...... 94 Figure 46: Youth justice Gippsland client offence type ...... 107

Version 2.1 October 2014 vi Figure 47: Youth offenders by gender ...... 108 Figure 48: Current age of active youth justice clients – Gippsland ...... 108 Figure 49: Youth justice Gippsland client Indigenous status ...... 109 Figure 50: Clients diagnosed with an intellectual disability ...... 109 Figure 51: Median home loan repayments ...... 118 Figure 52: Internet in homes ...... 119 Figure 53: Broadband in Homes ...... 119 Figure 54: Subjective Wellbeing ...... 122 Figure 55: Green Space and Safety Indicators ...... 123

Version 2.1 October 2014 vii Glossary

ACSC Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition. Medical care delivered (e.g. in a doctor’s clinic, community health centre, or hospital setting) that does not require the person to stay in hospital overnight.

ERP Estimated Resident Population. The number of people estimated to reside in a particular location (e.g. town or local government area or region). ERPs are usually based on estimated migration numbers and birth and death data.

Family incident A family incident is any situation where the police are requested to attend an incident involving a family. The incident may not involve violence.

LGA Local Government Area. An area defined by municipal boundaries, such as Wellington Shire

Median A median is described as the numerical value separating the higher half of a sample (e.g. a population) from the lower half. i.e. the middle point at which half are above and half are below.

PCP Primary Care Partnerships. A partnership of health and associated agencies (e.g. local government, community services) within a defined area committed to improving access to services and continuity of care.

SEIFA Socio Economic Index for Areas. SEIFA 2011 is based upon social and economic information from the 2011 Census. The index is a continuum of advantage to disadvantage, and allows the ranking of locations/areas.

SLA Statistical Local Area. SLA areas are geographical areas with defined boundaries. A Local Government Area (LGA) is typically made up of one or more SLA.

Synthetic Prediction Synthetic predictions of data are estimated based on self- reported data from survey respondents during the 2007-2008 National Health Survey (NHS).

URP Usual Resident Population. ABS term for people who reside in a given location (as opposed to those visiting that location on census night).

VAED Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset. Victorian public and private hospitals admissions data.

VEMD Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset. Victorian Public Hospital 24 hour Emergency Department presentation data.

Glossary: Based on Glossary developed by Nancy Vaughan

Version 2.1 October 2014 viii Introduction The Wellington Primary Care Partnership (WPCP) Catchment Profile has been developed to support agencies in their current and future planning.

The profile presents a broad range of data relating to the Wellington Local Government Area (LGA). Data has been collated from a wide range of sources including:  Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011 Census,  Socio Economic Index For Areas (SEIFA),  Public Health Information Service,  Department of Health  Department of Planning and Community Development  Centrelink  Data collected by agencies within the Wellington Local Government Area.

The intent of this profile is to act as a resource to inform strategic planning and support program implementation for health, community and local government organisations throughout the Wellington LGA.

The Region The Wellington Primary Care Partnership (WPCP) catchment encompasses the local government area of Wellington Shire Council.

Data has been presented at a Local Government Area level, Statistical Local Area (SLA) level, or town level as available. Wellington Shire is made up of five (5) SLA’s: Alberton, Avon, Maffra, Rosedale, and Sale.

Towns with a range of population numbers have been included in the population data tables including the main town of Sale through to smaller towns of Port Albert and Wurruk and the small community of East Sale. The town of Toongabbie, which spans both the Latrobe City LGA and Wellington Shire LGA has been included.

Figure 1: Gippsland SLA boundaries

Version 2.1 October 2014 1

Figure 2: Wellington Shire Map

http://www.wellington.vic.gov.au/Files/Wellington_2030_FINAL.pdf

Wellington PCP is located in the South East of Victoria. Sale, the main regional centre in Wellington Shire, is situated approximately 220 kilometres from Melbourne Central Business District (CBD)

Wellington Shire is the third largest municipality in Victoria, spanning 10,817 square kilometres.

Wellington Shire has a diverse range of industries including aviation, oil and gas, agriculture and forestry. Agriculture plays a significant role in the economy.

Wellington is home to the one of the longest beaches in the world, the Gippsland Lakes, mountains and a variety of national parks.

Version 2.1 October 2014 2 Social Determinants of Health The World Health Organisation defines the Social Determinants of Health as: “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, including the health system. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels, which are themselves influenced by policy choices. The social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries” Ten social determinants of health have been identified.

1. The Social Gradient Poor social and economic circumstances affect health throughout life. Socially and economically disadvantaged people have an increased risk of illness and premature death compared to the most advantaged among us. The longer people live in stressful economic and social circumstances, the less likely they are to enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle and old age.

2. Stress Social and psychological circumstances can cause long term stress, anxiety and worry, and have long term effects over health.

3. Early life The foundations of adult health are laid in childhoods, and even before birth. Slow growth and poor emotional support raise the risk of poor health in adulthood and into old age.

4. Social exclusion Poverty, relative deprivation and social exclusion have a major impact on health and premature death. Social exclusion may result from racism, stigmatisation, discrimination and unemployment. This may in turn create barriers to access for services including education, and training and result in lower participation in community activities.

5. Work Generally, having a job is better than not having a job. However, the way work is structured, the amount of control and decision making people have regarding their work impacts on health and wellbeing. Studies indicate that having little control or decision making over one’s work can increase the risk of lower back pain, absence due to illness and cardiovascular disease.1

6. Unemployment Unemployed people and their families are at greater risk of ill health and premature death. For those who are working, anxiety regarding job insecurity also places health at risk.

7. Social support Social support and good social relations can be preventative factors for ill health. Social support can give people the social and practical support they need. People who get less social and emotional support are at higher risk of lower wellbeing, depression, and higher levels of disability due to chronic disease

1 World Health Organisation, Social Determinants of Health, The Solid Facts, Second Edition

Version 2.1 October 2014 3 8. Addiction Drug use is a response to social breakdown and a factor in worsening the social inequalities in health. Drug use, cigarette smoking, and alcohol dependence are all closely related to social and economic disadvantage.

9. Food A good diet and healthy food supply are critical to health and wellbeing. A shortage of food can cause malnutrition and deficiencies, whereas consuming excess amounts (or the “wrong” foods) can cause obesity. People who are obese are at a higher rate of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cancer.

10. Transport Cycling, walking and the use of public transport increase health by increasing exercise, social contact and decreasing air pollution.

The information above is based on the World Health Organisation, Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts, Second Edition. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/98438/e81384.pdf

The data within this community wellbeing profile has been modelled on data pertaining to the social determinants of health.

It has been argued that gender should be considered as a social determinant of health. Gender impacts on the way people behave, their experiences, how they are treated by others and a person’s access to economic resources. If gender is not taken into account during program planning, policy development and practice inequities can be perpetuated, leading to poorer health outcomes for particular groups within our community.

Applying a gender analysis in program and policy development can ensure gender differences are taken into account, ensuring equitable outcomes. Utilising sex-disaggregated and gender sensitive data wherever possible is imperative. For information on applying a gender analysis, including developing skills in examination of data and gender sensitive program planning, please contact Gippsland Women’s Health Service, who offer training in Applied Gender Analysis across the Gippsland region.

Version 2.1 October 2014 4 Demographic Characteristics Population According to the Department of Planning and Community Development, Victoria in Future 2014 population projections, in June 2014 the Wellington Local Government Area (LGA) had an estimated resident population (ERP) of 42,615. The population was estimated to have increased by 0.6% from the previous year, which is considerably lower than the Victorian average annual growth rate of 1.7%.

Of the 79 local government areas in Victoria, Wellington LGA ranked 34 in relation to the speed of resident population growth, and 45 in relation to the size of resident population growth for the 2010- 2011 year.

Table 1: Estimated Resident Population Years 2005-2011 Estimated Resident Population as at 30 June Change 2010 - 2011 Rank 2010 - 2011 Area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010- Fastest Largest 2011% Growth growth Wellington LGA 41161 41528 42078 42681 43225 43540 43920 0.9 34 45 Victoria 5048602 5126540 5221310 5326978 5446612 5537060 5621210 1.5 Department of Planning and Community Development, Victoria in Future 2012 Population by Town and Sex 2011 Sale has the highest population in the Wellington LGA with an estimated resident population of 13,186 at the time of the 2011 Census. Maffra, with an estimated residential population (ERP) of 5,112 people, is the next largest town in Wellington LGA. There is a significant difference in the size of the estimated resident populations as Maffra’s ERP is only 38.8% that of Sale. Wellington LGA has a number of smaller towns (population less than 2000) and small communities.

Table 2: Population by Town and Sex 2011 Figure 3: Estimated Population by Total Persons 2011 Wellington LGA Population by Town and Sex 2011 Town Males Females Total Briagolong 549 526 1,075 14,000 Dargo 79 69 148 12,000 East Sale 75 44 119 10,000 Gormandale 231 212 443 8,000 Heyfield 942 995 1,937 6,000 Loch Sport 370 319 689 4,000 Maffra 2,460 2,652 5,112 2,000 Port Albert 127 120 247 0 Rosedale 766 834 1,600

Sale 6,240 6,946 13,186 Sale

Dargo

Maffra

Yarram

Wurruk

Heyfield

Stratford Rosedale

Stratford 1,290 1,325 2,615 EastSale

LochSport

Briagolong

Port Albert Toongabbie Toongabbie 462 453 915 Gormandale

Wurruk 535 542 1,077 Yarram 1,074 1,094 2,168 www.abs.gov.au

Note: Toongabbie is located in Latrobe and Wellington local government areas, and has been included in the catchment for the purposes of data analysis.

Version 2.1 October 2014 5 Population Forecast According to Department of Planning and Community Development, Victoria in Future 2014 population projections, the population for the Wellington PCP is forecast to increase at an average annual rate of 0.6% for the period 2011 to 2031. Based on the Victorian Government population projections, the population in the Wellington LGA is expected to rise steadily by 1,017 persons between 2011 to 2016, then increase by 1518 persons from 2016- 2021, 1,626 persons from 2021 to 2016 and 1,577 people from 2026 to 2031.

The estimated resident population of Gippsland is expected to grow at an average rate of 1.4% during the period 2011 to 2031, which is marginally less than the anticipated population growth for Victoria and 2.3 times the estimated average annual population growth for Wellington LGA.

Projections suggest the population of Wellington LGA will remain static in the period 2026 to 2031, whilst both Gippsland and Victoria as a whole will see a slowing of growth during this period.

Table 3: Population Growth Estimate Area 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Nett change 2011 - 2031 Number Average annual % Wellington 42,068 43,085 44,603 46,229 47,806 5,738 0.6 Gippsland 259,952 273,177 295,342 318,944 342,246 82,294 1.4 Victoria 5,537,816 6,058,676 6,607,851 7,159,897 7,699,066 2,161,250 1.7 http://www.dtpli.vic.gov.au/data-and-research/population/census-2011/victoria-in-future-2014

Figure 4: Population Growth Net Change 2

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2 Wellington 1 Gippsland 0.8 Victoria 0.6

0.4

0.2

0 2016 2021 2026 2031

Version 2.1 October 2014 6 Age Structure According to 2011 Census data, compared to the Victorian average proportion of the population in each of the following age groups: 0-9 Wellington, Gippsland and Victoria have relatively the same proportion of population 5-19 Wellington has a slightly higher proportion of the population compared to Gippsland and Victoria 20-24 Wellington has a lower proportion of the population compared to Gippsland and Victoria 25-39 Wellington has a slightly higher proportion of the population compared with Gippsland and lower than Victoria 40-44 Wellington has a relatively the same proportion of population of the population to Gippsland and lower than Victoria 45-49 Wellington has a relatively the same proportion of population of the population as Gippsland and Victoria 55 – 64 Wellington has a higher proportion of the population compared to both Gippsland and Victoria 65 – 84 Wellington is lower than Gippsland and higher than Victoria 85+ Wellington, Gippsland and Victoria have relatively the same proportion of population

Table 4: Age structure Wellington Gippsland Victoria

Age Group Number % Number % Number % 0 - 4 2,579 6.2 15,944 6.2 344,733 6.4 5 - 9 2,523 6.1 15,471 6.0 326,121 6.1 10 - 14 2,760 6.7 16,596 6.5 327,939 6.1 15 - 19 2,865 6.9 16,910 6.6 345,339 6.5 20 – 24 2,077 5.0 13,343 5.2 375,108 7.0 25 - 29 2,349 5.7 13,300 5.2 388,669 7.3 30 – 34 2,226 5.4 12,919 5.0 372,214 7.0 35 - 39 2,386 5.8 14,625 5.7 383,415 7.2 40 – 44 2,610 6.3 16,440 6.4 391,197 7.3 45 – 49 2,810 6.8 17,363 6.8 372,367 7.0 50 – 54 3,075 7.4 18,534 7.2 354,110 6.6 55 – 59 3,127 7.6 18,367 7.2 317,438 5.9 60 – 64 3,001 7.3 18,528 7.2 293,812 5.5 65 – 69 2,121 5.1 14,925 5.8 224,911 4.2 70 – 74 1,698 4.1 11,562 4.5 177,316 3.3 75 - 79 1,218 2.9 8,604 3.4 140,338 2.6 80 - 84 1,048 2.5 6,693 2.6 114,020 2.1 85 + 866 2.1 5,734 2.2 104,995 2.0 Total 41,339 100.0 255,858 100.0 5,354,042 100.0 2011 Census Quickstats –Wellington, Gippsland, Victoria

Version 2.1 October 2014 7

Figure 5: Age structure

8.0

7.0

6.0

5.0

Wellington Percentage 4.0 Gippsland 3.0

Victoria 2.0

1.0

0.0 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20 – 24 25 - 29 30 – 34 35 - 39 40 – 44 45 – 49 50 – 54 55 – 59 60 – 64 65 – 69 70 – 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 + Age Group

2011 Census Quickstats –Wellington, Gippsland, Victoria

8

Figure 6: Age structure deviations from Victorian average

Wellington Gippsland Age Group

0-4

KEY 5-9 N/C 1.6%-2.0% Above

10-14 State Average

1.1%-1.5% Above 15-19 State Average

20 – 24 0.6%-1.0% Above State Average 25 - 29 0.1%-0.5% Above State Average 30 – 34 No Change From N/C State Average 35 - 39

-0.5%-0.1% Below 40 – 44 State Average

-1.0%-0.6% Below 45 – 49 State Average 50 – 54 -1.5%-1.1% Below

State Average

55 – 59 -2.0%-1.6% Below State Average 60 – 64 -2.5%-2.1% Below 65 – 69 State Average

70 – 74

75 - 79

80 - 84

85 +

9 Age Structures Population Projections The projected population of Wellington LGA is expected to have an average annual increase of 0.6% between 2011 and 2031. The estimated residential population is anticipated to have a net increase of 5,738 persons in the period 2011 to 2031 (as projected by DPCP - Victoria In Future 2014). The projected age structure sees a steady decline in persons 0 – 59 years, and an increase in persons 60 years plus. The largest increase is anticipated in the 70 – 84 year age group which is expected to almost double during this period.

Table 5: Wellington age structure population projection Age Group 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 No. % No. % No % No % No % 0 - 4 2,600 6.2% 2,600 6.0 2,590 5.8 2,603 5.6 2,605 5.4 5 - 15 5,309 12.6 5,392 12.5 5,610 12.6 5,688 12.3 5,737 12.0 15 - 24 5,217 12.4 5,043 11.7 4,971 11.1 5,096 11.0 5,332 11.2 25 - 34 4,822 11.5 5,146 11.9 5,197 11.7 5,171 11.2 5,176 10.8 35 - 49 7,881 18.7 7,606 17.7 7,751 17.4 8,143 17.6 8,558 17.9 50 - 59 6,260 14.9 6,022 14.0 5,572 12.5 5,343 11.6 5,205 10.9 60 - 69 5,122 12.2 6,047 14.0 6,362 14.3 6,159 13.3 5,801 12.1 70 - 84 3,993 9.5 4,195 9.7 5,570 12.5 6,875 14.9 7,926 16.6 85 + 864 2.1 1,033 2.4 981 2.2 1,151 2.5 1,466 3.1 Total 42,068 100.0 43,085 100.0 44,603 100.0 46,229 100.0 47,806 100.0 http://www.dtpli.vic.gov.au/data-and-research/population/census-2011/victoria-in-future-2014

Figure 7: Wellington age structure population projection Wellington Population Projection

25

20

15 2011 2016 10 2021 2026 5 2031

0 Percentage of poulation Wellington in Region 0 - 4 5 - 15 15 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 84 85 + Age

10 Median Age The midpoint of the range of ages is represented as the median age, that is, the point at which half the population are older, and half are younger.

The median age for the Wellington LGA is 41, which is 4 years higher than the Victorian median age, yet

1 year lower than the Gippsland median age. Areas outside of capital cities and large regional centres commonly have a higher median age due in part to the numbers of younger people migrating to cities for increased education and employment opportunities.

At town level, Loch Sport has the highest median age at 61, Dargo the second highest at 60, then Port Albert with a median age of 57. East Sale has the youngest median age for the Wellington LGA at 25.

Table 6: Median age Figure 8: Median age Area Median Age 70 Briagolong 43 Dargo 60 60 East Sale 25 50 Gormandale 46 40 Heyfield 41 30 Loch Sport 61 20 Maffra 40 10 Port Albert 57 0 Rosedale 42 Sale 39 Stratford 42 Toongabbie 40 Wurruk 33 Yarram 48 Wellington 41 Gippsland 42 Victoria 37 2011 Census Quickstats

11 Proportion of Population Aged 0 - 4 Years According to the ABS 2011 Census data, the average proportion resident population who are children 0 – 4 years is equal to that of Gippsland, both of which are marginally lower the Victorian average.

Statistically Heyfield records the highest proportion of children aged 0 – 4 years at 8.5%. Wurruk records the second highest proportion of the resident population aged 0 – 4 years at 8.4%, followed by Maffra at 7.2%. The small community of Dargo has no resident children aged 0 – 4 years.

Table 7: Population aged years 0 - 4 Figure 9: Proportion of population aged 0 - 4 Years

% of town population % of town population aged 0 - 4 Town Number aged 0 - 4 Briagolong 52 4.8 9 8 Dargo 0 0.0 7 East Sale 3 2.5 6 Gormandale 19 4.3 5 4 Heyfield 164 8.5

Percentage 3 Loch Sport 13 1.9 2 Maffra 366 7.2 1 0 Port Albert 5 2.0

Rosedale 107 6.7 Sale

Dargo

Maffra

Yarram

Wurruk

Victoria

Heyfield

Stratford Rosedale

Sale 937 7.1 EastSale

Gippsland

LochSport

Briagolong

Wellington

Port Albert Toongabbie Stratford 167 6.4 Gormandale Town Toongabbie 56 6.1

Wurruk 91 8.4 Yarram 103 4.7 Wellington 2,583 6.2 Gippsland 15,945 6.2 Victoria 344,733 6.4 Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011 Census Quickstats

12 Population Aged 5 - 14 years According to the ABS 2011 Census data, Wellington LGA has a marginally higher average proportion of 5 – 14 year olds when compared to Gippsland and Victorian averages (0.2% and 0.5% respectively). At the time of the 2011 census, Wurruk had the highest proportion of the resident population aged 5 -14 years recording 20.3%. This is significantly higher than other towns in the Wellington LGA, Gippsland and

State averages. The second highest proportion of the population aged between 5 – 14 years is recorded by Stratford with 15% of the resident population in this age bracket.

Table 8: Population aged 5 - 14 Number % of town aged population Town Total between aged 5 - 5 -14 14 years Briagolong 1075 108 10.0 Dargo 148 6 4.0 East Sale 119 9 7.6 Gormandale 443 63 14.2 Heyfield 1937 258 13.3 Loch Sport 689 33 4.8 Maffra 5,112 671 13.1 Port Albert 247 16 6.5 Rosedale 1600 176 11.0 Sale 13,186 1,671 12.7 Stratford 2,615 386 14.8 Toongabbie 915 117 12.8 Wurruk 1077 219 20.3 Yarram 2,168 251 11.6 Wellington 41440 5281 12.7 Gippsland 255858 32071 12.5 Victoria 5354042 654060 12.2 Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011 Census Quickstats

Figure 10: Proportion of population Aged 5-14 Years (2011) Proportion of population aged 5 - 14 years

25.0

20.0 15.0

10.0 Percentage 5.0 0.0

Town

13 Population Aged 15 – 24 Years According to the ABS 2011 Census data, Wellington LGA has a marginally higher average proportion of 15-24 year olds in comparison to Gippsland (11.95% and 11.82% respectively); however less than the Victorian State average of 13.42%.

East Sale has a significant proportion of the population aged between 15 – 24 years (44.54%). East Sale has a population of 119 people and covers 11.2 square kilometres which includes the East Sale Royal Australian Air Force Base. The town with the second highest proportion of youth aged between 15 and 24 years is Toongabbie, recording 14.97% of the resident population aged within this age bracket on census night.

Table 9: Population aged 15-24 years Number % of town aged population Town Total between aged 15 - 24 5 -14 years Briagolong 1,075 153 14.2 Dargo 148 11 7.4 East Sale 119 53 44.5 Gormandale 443 36 8.1 Heyfield 1,937 215 11.1 Loch Sport 689 34 4.9 Maffra 5,112 646 12.6 Port Albert 247 24 9.7 Rosedale 1,600 214 13.4 Sale 13,186 1,703 12.9 Stratford 2,615 256 9.8 Toongabbie 915 137 15.0 Wurruk 1,077 144 13.4 Yarram 2,168 229 10.6 Wellington 41,440 4,951 11.9 Gippsland 255,858 30,253 11.8 Victoria 5,354,042 720,449 13.5 Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2011 Census Quickstats

Figure 11: Proportion of Population Aged 15-24 Years Proportion of population aged 15 - 24 years 50.0 45.0 40.0 35.0 30.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0

14 Adolescent Population Projection Table 10: Adolescent population projections for Wellington LGA: 2011 to 2026 Population projections for Wellington LGA: 2011 to 2026 2011 2016 2021 2026 10 to 17 years 4,640 4,201 4,141 4,264 Total Population 43,007 44,317 45,762 47,283 DHS - Adolescent Community Profile: www.dhs.vic.gov.au Population Aged 65 Years and Over 2011 ABS Census data indicates that for the Wellington LGA: Loch Sport has the highest percentage of the population over 65 years of age at 41%. This is 2.2 times the proportion of the population over the age of 65 years for Gippsland and a staggering 2.89 times the rate for Victoria. Loch Sport is most closely followed by Yarram, with 26.4% of the population aged 65 years and over, then Rosedale with 24% and Dargo with 23.6%. East Sale reports the lowest percentage of the population aged 65 years and over, reporting only 2.5% (3 people) in this age bracket.

Table 11: Proportion of Population Aged 65 Years and Over % of town population Town Number over 65 years Briagolong 117 9.2 Dargo 35 23.6 East Sale 3 2.5 Gormandale 53 12.0 Heyfield 388 20.0 Loch Sport 283 41.0 Maffra 993 19.4 Port Albert 60 24.0 Rosedale 259 16.0 Sale 2,252 17.0 Stratford 399 15.0 Toongabbie 75 8.2 Wurruk 68 6.3 Yarram 572 26.4 Wellington 6,983 16.8 Gippsland 47,519 18.6 Victoria 761,580 14.2 2011 Census Quickstats

15

Figure 12: Proportion of Population Aged 65 Years and Over Proportion of Population over 65 years 45.0 40.0 35.0

30.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 Percentage 10.0 5.0 0.0

Town People living alone According to the ABS 2011 Census, the number of people living alone at the time of the census varied across the Wellington LGA from 5.8% of the population in Wurruk to 23.1% of the population in Dargo. Although Dargo had the highest percentage of the population living alone, it had the lowest number of persons living alone (excluding East Sale).

Table 12: Percentage of people living alone

Number % of town Total Town of lone population Households persons living alone

Briagolong 1,016 96 9.4 Dargo 121 28 23.1 East Sale 58 6 10.3 Gormandale 427 36 8.4 Heyfield 1,818 233 12.8 Loch Sport 604 133 22.0 Maffra 4,650 282 6.1 Port Albert 233 49 21.0 Rosedale 1,497 148 9.9 Sale 12,175 1,670 13.7 Stratford 2,396 223 9.3 Toongabbie 868 63 7.3 Wurruk 972 56 5.8 Yarram 1,962 317 16.2 Wellington 37,370 4,424 12 Gippsland 234,938 27,946 11.9 Victoria 4,984,425 476,872 9.6 Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2011 Census Quickstats

16 Figure 13: Percentage of Persons Living Alone Proportion of population living alone

25.0

20.0

15.0

10.0 Percentage 5.0

0.0

Town

The Health and Wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians – Victorian Population Health Survey Supplementary Report, 2008 has shown that Aboriginal Victorians were significantly more likely to reside in one-person households than their non-Aboriginal counterparts.

The 2011 ABS census data from Wellington reveals that 38% of those living alone are employed, either full or part-time, compared with 47% of those living alone across Victoria.

Lone Person Households by Age and Sex The ABS 2011 Census data indicates that the gender distribution of persons living alone varies considerably between age groups. There are a higher number of males than females living alone in the 25 – 64 age groups, with 1.9 times the number of men living alone in the 35 – 44 year age group than women, and 1.5 times the number of men living alone in the 45 – 54 year age group than women. This is reversed in the 65 years plus age groups, with the most significant difference being in the 75 – 84 years age group, with the number of women living alone being 2.3 times the number of men living alone in this age category.

Table 13: Number of lone person households by age and sex, Wellington 2011 Number of males or females living alone (by age) in Wellington 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 Total years years years years years years years years + Males 93 234 245 396 476 332 226 81 2,083 Females 77 137 129 269 453 496 518 263 2,341 www.abs.gov.au Relationship in Household by Age and Sex – Wellington

Table 14: Percentage of lone person households by age and sex, Wellington 2011 Percentage of males or females living alone (by age) in Wellington 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85

years years years years years years years years + Males 4.5 11.2 11.8 19.0 22.9 15.9 10.8 3.9 Females 3.3 5.9 5.5 11.5 19.4 21.2 22.1 11.2 www.abs.gov.au Relationship in Household by Age and Sex – Wellington

17

Figure 14: Number of lone person households - Wellington Percentage of males or females living alone (by age) in Wellington 25.0

20.0

15.0

10.0 Males .. Percentage 5.0 Females ..

0.0 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 years + years years years years years years years Age groups www.abs.gov.au Relationship in Household by Age and Sex – Wellington

18 Income 2011 ABS Census data suggests that a marginally higher percentage of family households (couples with children) in Wellington were receiving an income of less than $1,000 per week compared to Victorian family households (15.9% compared to 13.6%). Fewer Wellington couples with children per capita were receiving an income of $1,400 and above per week compared to Victorian couples with children. The difference is significant when considering the proportion of couples with children receiving an income of $3,000 per week or more, with 2.5 times more Victorian couples with children earning an income in this range compared to Wellington couples with children.

Table 15: Gross weekly household income Gross Weekly Household Income – Family Households Wellington Gippsland Victoria Negative/Nil income 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% $1-$149 0.8% 0.6% 0.6% $150-$249 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% $250-$349 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% $350-$499 2.4% 2.4% 2.2% $500-$649 5.5% 5.4% 4.2% $650-$799 6.1% 6.9% 5.3% $800-$999 10.1% 10.0% 8.1% $1,000-$1,199 9.9% 10.0% 8.6% $1,200-$1,399 16.0% 17.0% 15.7% $1,400-$1,699 11.0% 11.7% 12.5% $1,700-$1,999 9.1% 8.8% 11.2% $2,000-$2,499 5.9% 5.4% 7.5% $2,500 -$2,999 2.0% 2.1% 3.6% $3,000 or more 2.2% 2.5% 5.5% Partial income stated(c) 16.0% 14.1% 12.1% All incomes not stated(d) 1.9% 2.0% 1.6% www.abs.gov.au Gross Household Income (weekly) by Household Composition.

Figure 15: Gross family household weekly income 18.00% 16.00% 14.00% 12.00% 10.00% 8.00% 6.00% Wellington 4.00% Gippsland 2.00% Victoria 0.00%

www.abs.gov.au

19 Median Household Income According to the 2011 ABS Census, at the time of data collection Wellington Shire had a marginally lower median weekly household income than Gippsland Region ($3 per week). The median household weekly income reported for Wellington Shire was 74.4% of that recorded for Victoria as a whole. Loch Sport reported the lowest median household weekly income of $505 per week, which is 55% of the

Wellington figures and only 41.5% of the Victorian figures. The Wellington Shire towns of Toongabbie, Wurruk and Gormandale reported the highest figures (in that order), with the median household weekly income in these towns being slightly higher than the Victorian figures.

Table 16: Median household income Town Median Household weekly income $ Briagolong 983 Dargo 787 East Sale 1093 Gormandale 1218 Heyfield 749 Loch Sport 505 Maffra 889 Port Albert 608 Rosedale 904 Sale 946 Stratford 996 Toongabbie 1239 Wurruk 1235 Yarram 697 Wellington 905 Gippsland 908 Victoria 1216 Australian Bureau of statistics 2011 Census Quickstats

Figure 16: Median household income 1400

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0

20 Median Individual Weekly Income According to the 2011 ABS Census, at the time of the survey Wellington Shire had a higher median individual weekly income for persons 15 years of age and over than the Gippsland Region, however lower than the Victorian median. On average, individuals in Wellington received $6 per week more than individuals in the Gippsland region, and $82 less than individuals on a state basis. Toongabbie and East

Sale are the only towns that reported a median individual income of equal to, or more than, the state figures. East Sale recorded a significantly higher individual weekly income than the state average (this area covers the RAAF base). Discounting the RAAF base figures sees a further decrease in the mean individual weekly income for Wellington LGA as a whole.

Table 17: Median individual weekly income Town Mean Individual weekly income (persons 15 years and over) Briagolong 481 Dargo 350 East Sale 939 Gormandale 587 Heyfield 402 Loch Sport 334 Maffra 464 Port Albert 386 Rosedale 461 Sale 517 Stratford 507 Toongabbie 561 Wurruk 553 Yarram 402 Wellington 479 Gippsland 473 Victoria 561 Australian Bureau of statistics 2011 Census Quickstats

Figure 17: Median individual weekly income 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0

21

ABS 2011 Census data indicates that in 2011 individual incomes varied greatly. Across Wellington a higher percentage of males across all age groups received a higher income compared to females. In the 15 – 19 year age group a higher percentage of males earned $200 and above compared to females. In the 20 – 24 year age range a higher proportion of males earned $600 per week and above. From the age of 25 years to 54 years a higher proportion of males earned $800 or more per week compared to females, however this figure dropped back to $600 per week in the 55 – 64 years age bracket, then even further to $400 per week at age 65 years plus. In the 65 – 74 years age bracket only 10.8% of females earned $600 or more per week (compared to 28.35% of males), with the proportion of the female population earning $600 or more per week declining even further in older age brackets.

Table 18: Wellington individual weekly income by number of persons Wellington Individual Weekly Income - number of persons 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years 65-74 years 75-84 years 85 years and over Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Negative/ Nil income 577 458 51 54 39 151 63 168 91 225 131 314 54 64 23 31 5 12 $1-$199 399 506 57 119 41 260 50 266 77 220 126 244 101 96 48 58 8 18 $200-$299 105 88 60 107 94 224 117 272 149 275 313 492 483 541 300 288 64 99 $300-$399 104 89 78 115 105 224 124 262 169 315 289 432 370 516 239 344 66 193 $400-$599 96 55 190 201 149 352 176 473 234 581 339 482 361 334 190 199 49 105 $600-$799 34 10 200 167 284 300 248 324 310 429 378 321 163 113 75 66 18 27 $800-$999 18 3 123 78 284 209 236 209 311 278 322 155 82 38 31 36 12 9 $1,000-$1,249 10 3 87 51 281 170 275 192 337 218 312 140 62 27 17 14 10 3 $1,250-$1,499 3 0 57 10 196 76 209 106 221 120 174 95 28 12 4 3 4 3 $1,500-$1,999 0 0 25 3 218 53 266 74 337 128 223 94 28 7 5 5 3 0 $2,000 or more 4 0 18 7 199 29 334 40 391 68 268 52 33 11 7 3 0 3

Personal income not stated 162 144 175 49 489 149 379 142 282 135 261 203 158 164 119 164 47 110

Total 1,512 1,356 1,121 961 2,379 2,197 2,477 2,528 2,909 2,992 3,136 3,024 1,923 1,923 1,058 1,211 286 582

22

Table 19: Wellington individual weekly income – percentage of population 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years 65-74 years 75-84 years 85 years and over Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Negative/Nil income 38.16 33.78 4.55 5.62 1.64 6.87 2.54 6.65 3.13 7.52 4.18 10.38 2.81 3.33 2.17 2.56 1.75 2.06 $1-$199 26.39 37.32 5.08 12.38 1.72 11.83 2.02 10.52 2.65 7.35 4.02 8.07 5.25 4.99 4.54 4.79 2.80 3.09 $200-$299 6.94 6.49 5.35 11.13 3.95 10.20 4.72 10.76 5.12 9.19 9.98 16.27 25.12 28.13 28.36 23.78 22.38 17.01 $300-$399 6.88 6.56 6.96 11.97 4.41 10.20 5.01 10.36 5.81 10.53 9.22 14.29 19.24 26.83 22.59 28.41 23.08 33.16 $400-$599 6.35 4.06 16.95 20.92 6.26 16.02 7.11 18.71 8.04 19.42 10.81 15.94 18.77 17.37 17.96 16.43 17.13 18.04 $600-$799 2.25 0.74 17.84 17.38 11.94 13.65 10.01 12.82 10.66 14.34 12.05 10.62 8.48 5.88 7.09 5.45 6.29 4.64 $800-$999 1.19 0.22 10.97 8.12 11.94 9.51 9.53 8.27 10.69 9.29 10.27 5.13 4.26 1.98 2.93 2.97 4.20 1.55 $1,000-$1,249 0.66 0.22 7.76 5.31 11.81 7.74 11.10 7.59 11.58 7.29 9.95 4.63 3.22 1.40 1.61 1.16 3.50 0.52 $1,250-$1,499 0.20 0.00 5.08 1.04 8.24 3.46 8.44 4.19 7.60 4.01 5.55 3.14 1.46 0.62 0.38 0.25 1.40 0.52 $1,500-$1,999 0.00 0.00 2.23 0.31 9.16 2.41 10.74 2.93 11.58 4.28 7.11 3.11 1.46 0.36 0.47 0.41 1.05 0.00 $2,000 or more 0.26 0.00 1.61 0.73 8.36 1.32 13.48 1.58 13.44 2.27 8.55 1.72 1.72 0.57 0.66 0.25 0.00 0.52 Personal income not stated 10.71 10.62 15.61 5.10 20.55 6.78 15.30 5.62 9.69 4.51 8.32 6.71 8.22 8.53 11.25 13.54 16.43 18.90 TOTAL 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 www.censusdata.gov.au

23 Wellington Individual Income (Indigenous)

According to the ABS 2011 Census, females with an ATSI background were less likely than males with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) background to earn $800 plus per week. This is true of females with an ATSI background residing in Wellington and Victoria as a whole. Of the people with an ATSI background who stated their income, 21.8% of males earned $800 per week or above, compared to 10.7% of females. For Victoria, 26.2% of males with an ATSI background earned an income of $800 per week or above compared to 15.9% of females with an ATSI background.

Table 20: Individual income (Indigenous) – Percentage of population Wellington Individual Income (Indigenous) - Percentage of population

Male Female Persons Negative /Nil income 9.2 13.1 11.0 $1-$149 6.3 12.5 9.1 $150-$249 10.7 16.1 13.1 $250-$399 7.8 15.5 11.2 $400-$599 4.9 13.1 8.6 $600-$799 6.3 7.1 6.7 $800-$999 5.3 3.0 4.3 $1,000+ 16.5 7.7 12.6 Individual income not stated 33.0 11.9 23.5 Total 100 100 100 http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au

Table 21: Victorian individual income (Indigenous) – Percentage of population Victorian Individual Income (Indigenous) - Percentage of population Male Female Persons Negative /Nil income 9.9 8.9 9.4 $1-$149 9.6 11.2 10.4 $150-$249 12.9 14.9 13.9 $250-$399 10.2 14.4 12.3 $400-$599 9.0 15.4 12.3 $600-$799 10.9 10.7 10.8 $800-$999 8.2 5.7 6.9 $1,000+ 18.0 10.2 13.9 Individual income not stated 11.4 7.8 10.0 Total 100 100 100 http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au

24 Household weekly income by family composition In 2011, a couple with no children residing in Wellington LGA were less likely than their counterparts in Victoria as a whole to earn an income of $1,500 per week or above (18.18% compared to 38.2%). The proportion of the Wellington resident population receiving an income of $1,500 and above was slightly higher than the proportion of the Gippsland population, which recorded 16.85% of the population receiving an income of $1,500 per week or above.

Table 22: Household weekly income – couple family with no children Wellington Gippsland Victoria

Total % Total % Total % Negative/Nil income 61 1.25 343 1.11 7,907 1.52 $1-$199 97 1.99 671 2.18 10,179 1.96 $200-$299 20 0.41 130 0.42 2,155 0.42 $300-$399 63 1.29 359 1.17 4,863 0.94 $400-$599 841 17.24 5,461 17.73 71,872 13.86 $600-$799 623 12.77 3,915 12.71 52,145 10.06 $800-$999 606 12.42 3,868 12.56 52,963 10.21 $1,000-$1,249 347 7.11 2,281 7.41 36,231 6.99 $1,250-$1,499 375 7.69 2,478 8.04 38,731 7.47 $1,500-$1,999 441 9.04 3,088 10.03 58,149 11.21 $2,000-$2,499 392 8.03 2,422 7.86 55,813 10.76 $2,500-$2,999 207 4.24 1,204 3.91 31,062 5.99 $3,000-$3,499 165 3.38 900 2.92 25,532 4.92 $3,500-$3,999 52 1.07 282 0.92 10,636 2.05 $4,000 or more 71 1.46 382 1.24 16,886 3.26 Partial income stated(c) 374 7.67 2,088 6.78 30,642 5.91 All incomes not stated(d) 144 2.95 930 3.02 12,768 2.46 Total 4,879 30,802 518,534

Figure 18: Household weekly income – couple family with no children Household Weekly Income Couple Family with No Children 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 Wellington 2

Percentageregion within 0 Gippsland Victoria

25 Couple family with children According to the 2011 ABS Census, in 2011 15.9% of couples with children in Wellington generated a weekly income of less than $1,000, compared to 16.4% in Gippsland and 13.61% across Victoria.

40.3% of Victorian couples with children generated a weekly income of $2,000 or more compared to 30.5% of Gippsland couples with children and 30.2% of Wellington couples with children. Of note, 2.5 times the proportion of Victorian couples with children earn $4,000 per week or more compared to Wellington couples with children.

Table 23: Household weekly income - couple family with children Wellington Gippsland Victoria

Total % Total % Total % Negative/Nil 19 0.44 117 0.44 3391 0.52 income $1-$199 35 0.80 149 0.56 3810 0.59 $200-$299 9 0.21 64 0.24 2066 0.32 $300-$399 18 0.41 115 0.43 3257 0.50 $400-$599 105 2.41 644 2.42 14295 2.20 $600-$799 241 5.54 1439 5.41 27386 4.21 $800-$999 265 6.09 1836 6.90 34296 5.27 $1,000-$1,249 438 10.07 2663 10.00 52670 8.09 $1,250-$1,499 432 9.93 2667 10.02 55711 8.56 $1,500-$1,999 697 16.02 4523 16.99 102540 15.75 $2,000-$2,499 477 10.96 3106 11.67 81469 12.51 $2,500-$2,999 398 9.15 2354 8.84 72876 11.19 $3,000-$3,499 255 5.86 1447 5.44 49067 7.54 $3,500-$3,999 89 2.05 557 2.09 23187 3.56 $4,000 or more 94 2.16 653 2.45 35916 5.52 Partial income 697 16.02 3753 14.10 78892 12.12 stated(c) All incomes not 82 1.88 530 1.99 10240 1.57 stated(d) Total 4351 26617 651069

Figure 19: Household weekly income - couple family with children Household Weekly Income Couple Family with Children

25

20

15

10 Wellington

5 Gippsland

Percentage within region Victoria 0

26 One parent family

Just over one third (34.8%) of one parent families in Wellington generate an income of less than $600, compared to 35.8% in Gippsland and 27.7% in Victoria. Another 26.4% of one parent families residing in Wellington generate an income of between $6 00 and $999 per week, amounting to 61.2% of one parent families in Wellington generate an income of less than $1,000 per week.

Comparatively, 27% of one parent families in Gippsland generate an income of between $600 and $999 per week (62.8% of one parent families with an income of less than $1,000 per week), compared to 24.9% of Victorian one parent families (52.6% with an income under $1,000 per week).

Victorian one parent families are 2.5 times more likely to earn over $2,000 per week than their Wellington counterparts and 2.2 times more likely than their Gippsland counterparts.

Table 24: Household weekly income - one parent family

Wellington Gippsland Victoria

Total Percentage Total Percentage Total Percentage Negative/Nil income 16 0.97 118 1.08 3,456 1.58 $1-$199 33 2.00 197 1.80 4,272 1.95 $200-$299 61 3.69 439 4.02 7,616 3.48 $300-$399 134 8.11 933 8.54 13,729 6.27 $400-$599 332 20.08 2,224 20.35 31,685 14.47 $600-$799 258 15.61 1,828 16.73 31,294 14.29 $800-$999 178 10.77 1,119 10.24 23,162 10.58 $1,000-$1,249 153 9.26 1,001 9.16 23,196 10.60 $1,250-$1,499 92 5.57 569 5.21 15,259 6.97 $1,500-$1,999 91 5.51 584 5.34 18,501 8.45 $2,000-$2,499 26 1.57 198 1.81 8,309 3.80 $2,500-$2,999 29 1.75 182 1.67 7,173 3.28 $3,000-$3,499 3 0.18 30 0.27 2,164 0.99 $3,500-$3,999 0 0.00 6 0.05 860 0.39 $4,000 or more 0 0.00 24 0.22 721 0.33 Partial income stated(c) 193 11.68 1,102 10.09 21,140 9.66 All incomes not stated(d) 54 3.27 373 3.41 6,394 2.92 Total 1653 10927 218931

Figure 20: Household weekly income – one parent family 2011 Household Weekly Income One Parent Family

25 20 15 10 Wellington 5 0 Gippsland

Victoria Percentage withinRegion

27 Income Support

Aged pensioners In June 2009, the Wellington SLA of Sale had the lowest proportion of males over the age of 65 years and females over the age of 63 years receiving the aged pension. The highest proportion of males over the age of 65 years and females over the age of 63 years receiving the aged pension for the Wellington Shire was in the Rosedale SLA with 86.7% of people in this age group in receipt of the pension. The SLA of Sale has lower than the Gippsland and Victorian proportion of aged pensioners, whilst the remaining SLA’s have higher than Victorian average. The proportion of aged pensioners in Rosedale SLA is 1.2 times that of the Victorian average.

Table 25: Aged pensions June 2009

Aged Pensioners June 2009

Males aged 65 years and over Age SLA name and Females % age pensioners pensioners aged 63 years and over Wellington (S) Alberton 851 1,154 73.7 Wellington (S) Avon 507 634 80.0 Wellington (S) Maffra 1,400 1,913 73.2 Wellington (S) Rosedale 956 1,102 86.7 Wellington (S) Sale 1,554 2,318 67.0 Wellington LGA 5,267 7,121 74.0 Gippsland 35,208 47,052 74.8 Victoria 549,304 764,424 71.9 Australian Medical Local Data update 2011 - The Social Health Atlas of Australia * People eligible for an Age Pension comprise persons aged 65 years and over: the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) provides a Service Pension (Age) to eligible persons at age 60 years.

Figure 21: Proportion of eligible population receiving an aged pension Proportion of eligible population receiving an aged pension June 2009 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Wellington (S) Wellington (S) Wellington (S) Wellington (S) Wellington (S) Wellington LGA Gippsland Victoria Alberton Avon Maffra Rosedale Sale

28 Unemployment Benefits The percentage of the population aged 16 to 64 years receiving unemployment benefits in Wellington LGA in 2009 was slightly higher than the Victorian average. Wellington LGA had a lower proportion of this age group receiving an unemployment benefit compared to Gippsland. The proportion of persons aged between 16 and 64 years receiving unemployment benefit ranged from 3.3% in the SLA of Avon to 4.6% in Rosedale SLA.

Table 26: People receiving unemployment benefit People receiving unemployment benefit Jun-09 % people People receiving Persons SLA name receiving an an unemployment aged 16 to unemployment benefit 64 years benefit Wellington (S) Alberton 149 3,612 4.1 Wellington (S) Avon 97 2,915 3.3 Wellington (S) Maffra 257 6,570 3.9 Wellington (S) Rosedale 249 5,425 4.6 Wellington (S) Sale 365 8,943 4.1 Wellington LGA 1,117 27,465 4.1 Gippsland 7,962 162,644 4.9 Victoria 140,338 3,624,910 3.9 Australian Medical Local Data update 2011 - The Social Health Atlas of Australia

Figure 22: Proportion of people aged 16-64 years receiving an unemployment benefit Proportion of people aged 16 - 64 years receiving an unemployment benefit June 2009 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Gippsland Victoria (S) Alberton (S) Avon (S) Maffra (S) (S) Sale LGA Rosedale

29 Young people receiving unemployment benefits The proportion of the population aged 15 – 24 years receiving an unemployment benefit in Wellington LGA was 1.37 times higher than the Victorian average in June 2009. The SLA of Avon had the lowest proportion of the 15 – 24 year old population in receipt of an unemployment benefit for the LGA, reporting lower than the Victorian average. The SLA of Sale had the highest proportion of this age group in receipt of unemployment benefits, almost 1% higher than the Wellington LGA average and slightly higher than the Gippsland average.

Table 27: Young people aged 15-24 years receiving an unemployment benefit

Young people aged 15 – 24 years receiving an unemployment benefit June 2009

Young people SLA name % people (15 to 24 years) Persons receiving an receiving an aged 15 to unemployment unemployment 24 years benefit benefit

Wellington (S) Alberton 39 703 5.5 Wellington (S) Avon 20 545 3.7 Wellington (S) Maffra 74 1,314 5.6 Wellington (S) Rosedale 54 902 6.0 Wellington (S) Sale 137 1,978 6.9 Wellington LGA 324 5,442 6.0 Gippsland 2,239 33,253 6.7 Victoria 34,176 780,067 4.4 Australian Medical Local Data update 2011 - The Social Health Atlas of Australia

Figure 23: Proportion of persons aged 15-24 years receiving an unemployment benefit Proportion of persons aged 15 - 24 years receiving an unemployment benefit June 2009 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Gippsland Victoria (S) Alberton (S) Avon (S) Maffra (S) Rosedale (S) Sale LGA

30 Welfare dependent and other low income families

The Wellington SLA of Avon had a lower number of welfare and low income families as at June 2009 when compared to the remainder of the Wellington catchment, Gippsland and Victoria. All Wellington SLA’s reported a lower percentage of welfare dependent and other low income families when compared to the Gippsland average.

The Wellington SLA of Sale has the highest proportion of welfare dependent and other low income families, reporting almost 1.2 times the Victorian average. The Wellington SLA’s of Alberton, Rosedale and Sale report higher percentages than Victoria.

Table 28: Welfare dependant and other low income families Welfare dependent and other low income families June 2009 % welfare Welfare dependent dependent and and other low Total Families other low income families income families Wellington (S) Alberton 136 1,474 9.2 Wellington (S) Avon 74 1,062 7.0 Wellington (S) Maffra 249 2,764 9.0 Wellington (S) Rosedale 188 1,840 10.2 Wellington (S) Sale 373 3,536 10.6 Wellington LGA 1,020 10,703 9.5 Gippsland 7,014 64,159 10.9 Victoria 116,829 1,294,412 9.0 Australian Medical Local Data update 2011 - The Social Health Atlas of Australia

Figure 24: Proportion of welfare and other low income families Proportion of welfare and other low income families June 2009 12

10

8

6

4

2

0 Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Gippsland Victoria (S) Alberton (S) Avon (S) Maffra (S) Rosedale (S) Sale LGA

31 Sole parent pension All Wellington SLA’s, except Avon, have a higher rate of females between the age of 15 and 24 years in receipt of the sole parent pension as at June 2009 when compared to the Victorian rate (the SLA of Rosedale is equal to the Victorian average). Sale SLA has the highest rate for Wellington LGA, 1.5 times the Victorian rate, and 1.2 times the Wellington LGA average. All remaining SLA’s have a lower proportion than the Gippsland average.

Table 29: Female sole parent pensions Female sole parent pensioners June 2009

Female sole % Female sole Females aged 15 parent parent – 54 pensioners pensioners

Wellington (S) Alberton 77 1,296 5.9 Wellington (S) Avon 43 990 4.3 Wellington (S) Maffra 150 2,703 5.5 Wellington (S) Rosedale 85 1,777 4.8 Wellington (S) Sale 288 3,955 7.3 Wellington LGA 643 10,721 6.0 Gippsland 4,657 65,865 7.1 Victoria 74,452 1,542,288 4.8 Australian Medical Local Data update 2011 - The Social Health Atlas of Australia

Figure 25: Proportion of females aged 15-54 years in receipt of a sole parent pension Proportion of females aged 15 - 54 years in receipt of a sole parent pension June 2009 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Gippsland Victoria (S) Alberton (S) Avon (S) Maffra (S) Rosedale (S) Sale LGA

32 Families and Children Family Structure

Composition At the time of the ABS 2011 Census, Wellington LGA and Gippsland Region as a whole had a higher rate of couples with no children than the Victorian average. Wellington LGA had a higher rate of one parent families with children less than 15 years of age compared to the state and Gippsland average, although less one parent families with children over the age of 15 years compared to Victoria.

Table 30: Family composition Family composition Wellington Gippsland Victoria Number % of all Number % of all Number % of all families families families Couple family with no children 4,880 44.4 30,802 44.6 518,535 36.6 Couple family with children under 15 3,059 27.8 18,484 26.7 436,282 30.8 Couple family with dependent children aged over 15 1,293 11.8 8,133 11.8 214,789 15.2 One parent family with children under 15 969 8.8 6,372 9.2 106,257 7.6 One parent family with dependent children aged over 15 682 6.2 4,557 6.6 112,673 8.0 Other family 106 1 752 1.1 26,027 1.8 Total* 10,989 100 69,100 100 1,414,563 100 ABS 2011 Census www.abs.vic.gov.au

33 Birth rate

In 2007/2008, the number of births for Wellington per 1,000 estimated female resident population aged 20 – 44 years was slightly higher than the rate for Gippsland at 69.1 and 70.7 respectively.

Confinement figures for Wellington constituted 4.3% of women aged 15 -19 years in 2008, whereas the rate for Gippsland was 5.6%, which is twice the rate for Victorian confinements in this age group, at 2.8%.

Confinements are the number of pregnancies resulting in at least one birth. The number of confinements may not equal number of births. One confinement may result in two births i.e. twins.

*Note: 2006 Census figures were used to calculate the estimated female resident population

Table 31: Birth rate Teenage confinement Birth rates 2008 Mothers < 20 years of age 2008 Area Number % % Victorian Number % Victorian % Victorian Victorian ERPF* 15 – confinement EFRP* 15- 19 births 44 years years (2007 & 2008) Wellington 524 0.72 0.64% 22 4.3% 0.8% Gippsland 3067 4.2 4.01% 168 5.6 5.1% Victoria 72,545 1,972 2.8 100% http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/health-documents-by-category?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=Gippsland-health-online-Demographics *Estimated Female Resident Population

Low birth weight births Data indicates that in the mid to late 2000’s, the percentage of low birth weight babies (less than 2500 grams at birth) in Alberton SLA at 9.6 % is significantly higher than the overall Wellington LGA at 6.5% whereas Avon SLA at 4.7 % is noticeably lower. The overall Wellington LGA at 6.5% is lower than Gippsland at 7.6 % and slightly lower than the percentage rate of Victoria as a whole at 6.6%.

Table 32: Low birth weight births

Low birth weight babies

mid to late 2000s % low birth Low birth Name births weight weight babies babies Wellington (S) - Alberton 16.0 166.0 9.6 Wellington (S) - Avon 5.0 107.0 4.7 Wellington (S) - Maffra 25.0 435.0 5.7 Wellington (S) - Rosedale 18.0 270.0 6.7 Wellington (S) - Sale 37.0 579.0 6.4 Wellington LGA 101.0 1,557.0 6.5 Gippsland 683.0 8,956.0 7.6 Victoria 13,765.0 209,641.0 6.6 Australian Medicare Local 2011 Update of Social Atlas. * Compiled by PHIDU using data from Australian Health Departments. The data includes babies (both live born and still-born) weighing less than 2500 grams at birth.

34

Maternal and Child Health Centre attendance

In Wellington Shire, participation in the Key Ages and Stages Maternal and Child Health visits are recorded across 2 Community Health Services; these are Central Gippsland Health Service (CGHS) and Yarram and District Health Service (YDHS).

Table 33: Maternal and Child Health Centre attendance 2012/2013 Total participation rates - Maternal & Child Health Key Ages & Stages consultations Home 18 2 Wk 4 Wks 8 Wks 4 Mths 8 Mths 12 Mths 2 Yrs 3.5 Yrs Area consult’n Mths % % % % % % % % % % Wellington 100.4 100.9 101.3 103.3 102.4 92.8 87.1 72.1 69.8 72.6 - CGHS Wellington 94.4 87.0 90.7 100 101.9 81.8 45.5 64.8 45.9 34.0 - YDHS Victoria 100.6 96.9 96.5 95.5 93.6 85.6 82.0 73.7 70.6 66.5 Maternal & Child Health Services Annual Report 2012/2013, South Eastern Region http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/childhood/providers/support/South%20Eastern%20Region.pdf Figure 26: Participation in Maternal & Child Health visits 110

100

90

80 Wellington - CGHS 70 Wellington - YDHS Victoria 60

50

40 Home 2 weeks 4 weeks 8 weeks 4 8 12 18 2 years 3.5 Consult months months months months years

Children’s Development

Child Protection Notification Rates

In 2008 Gippsland had the highest rate of reports to child protection in Victoria, at 16.4 per 1,000 children. This figure is more than double the rate for the state as a whole at 8.1 per 1,000 children (Gippsland Legal Needs Analysis 2011). The most common types of alleged abuse and neglect in order of frequency are psychological harm, physical harm and sexual harm.

35 Factors that place children a greater risk of developing mental health problems do not appear to be directly related to where children reside in Gippsland; rather these are issues that relate in the main parental mental health and wellbeing, exposure to violence and experience of neglect and/or abuse.

Figure 27: Child Protection Notification Rates 20 3.5 Per 1,000 As % of population children 3 15 2.5

2 10 1.5

1 5 0.5

0 0 Bass Coast Baw Baw East Gippsland Latrobe South GippslandWellington Gippsland Victoria Gippsland Access to Allied Psychological Services – Children’s Mental Health: Report to Gippsland Medicare Local May 2013, Bridget Roberts & Keith Sutton

Australian Early Development Index

The AEDI is a measure of how young children are developing in Australian communities. Like a census, it involves collecting information to help create a snapshot of early childhood development in communities across Australia.

The AEDI is a population measure of children's development as they enter their first year of formal school. Information for the AEDI is collected through a teacher-completed checklist that measures five areas of early childhood development. These five areas, or domains, are closely linked to the predictors of adult health, education and social outcomes:

 physical health and wellbeing  social competence  emotional maturity  language and cognitive skills (school-based)  communication skills and general knowledge

Children who score below the 10th percentile (in the lowest 10 per cent) of the national AEDI population are classified as ‘developmentally vulnerable’. These children demonstrate a much lower than average ability in the developmental competencies measured in that domain. The results are also reported as the proportion of children developmentally vulnerable on one or more domain/s and two or more domains. These children are considered to be at particularly high risk developmentally.

In 2012, 21.9% of children aged 5 years old in Wellington (=133) were developmentally vulnerable in one or more domains, whereas 19.5% of Victorian 5 year olds were developmentally vulnerable in one or more domains.

36

 In the townships of Rosedale and Gormandale, children were developmentally vulnerable in the following domains: emotional maturity 18%; language and cognitive skills 14%; and communication skills and general knowledge 18%.

 35% of children in Rosedale/Gormandale are developmentally vulnerable in one or more domains, higher than the Wellington average of 21.9%.

 In Heyfield/Glenmaggie, 15% of children are developmentally vulnerable in the domain of language and cognitive skills; and 42% of children in Heyfield / Glenmaggie are developmentally vulnerable in one or more domains. This is significantly higher than Wellington average of 21.9%.

 In Denison/Nambrok, 15% of children are developmentally vulnerable in the language and cognitive skills domain; 30% of children in Denison / Nambrok are developmentally vulnerable in 2 or more domains, which is higher than Wellington average of 21.9%.

Source: http://maps.aedi.org.au/lga/vic/26810

37 Cultural Diversity The ABS 2011 data indicates the majority of people living in the Wellington LGA were born in Australia (84.15%). For the remaining birthplaces that were adequately stated, Wellington's top three countries of birth were the United Kingdom at 3.69 %, New Zealand at 1.16 % and The Netherlands at 0.79%

Table 34: Cultural diversity Wellington 2011 Census Total Persons Place of Birth Male Female Persons % Australia 17468 17404 34872 84.15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 3 3 0.01 Cambodia 14 7 21 0.05 Canada 15 27 42 0.10 China (excl. SARs and Taiwan)(b) 22 17 39 0.09 Croatia 26 23 49 0.12 Egypt 14 4 18 0.04 Fiji 7 15 22 0.05 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 5 6 11 0.03 Germany 111 105 216 0.52 Greece 22 16 38 0.09 Hong Kong (SAR of China) 6 5 11 0.03 India 76 52 128 0.31 Indonesia 6 7 13 0.03 Iraq 3 0 3 0.01 Ireland 36 31 67 0.16 Italy 70 49 119 0.29 Japan 3 9 12 0.03 Korea, Republic of (South) 4 6 10 0.02 Lebanon 13 5 18 0.04 Malaysia 43 42 85 0.21 Malta 22 8 30 0.07 Netherlands 177 151 328 0.79 New Zealand 260 220 480 1.16 Philippines 23 92 115 0.28 Poland 21 31 52 0.13 Singapore 9 10 19 0.05 South Africa 33 53 86 0.21 South Eastern Europe 20 14 34 0.08 Sri Lanka 30 21 51 0.12 Thailand 10 28 38 0.09 Turkey 12 3 15 0.04 United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man(d) 708 822 1530 3.69 United States of America 40 40 80 0.19 Vietnam 102 22 124 0.30 Born elsewhere 205 203 408 0.98 Country of birth not stated 1147 1107 2254 5.44 Total 20783 20658 41441 100 ABS 2011 Census data

38 Place of Birth

The percentage of Wellington residents born in Australia recorded in the 2011 census (84.15%) is fractionally smaller than those recorded in the 2006 census (84.31%). Most country of birth percentages have been relatively static, but it is of some note that India as place of birth has risen from 0.08 % in 2006 to 0.31 % in 2011 and Vietnam as place of birth from 0.17% in 2006 to 0.30% in 2011. Small declines in place of birth can be seen for the Netherlands (0.85 % down to 0.79%), Poland (0.19 % down to 0.13 %) and the United Kingdom (3.89 % down to 3.69%).

Table 35: Place of birth – Wellington residents

2006 Census 2011 Census

Males Females Persons Persons % Males Females Persons Persons %

Australia 17032 16757 33789 84.31 17468 17404 34872 84.15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 3 0.01 0 3 3 0.01 Cambodia n/a n/a n/a N/A 14 7 21 0.05 Canada 17 22 39 0.10 15 27 42 0.10 China (excl. SARs and Taiwan)(b) 18 14 32 0.08 22 17 39 0.09 Croatia 27 22 49 0.12 26 23 49 0.12 Egypt 11 3 14 0.03 14 4 18 0.04 Fiji 11 11 22 0.05 7 15 22 0.05 Former Yugoslav Republic of 0 5 5 0.01 5 6 11 0.03 Macedonia (FYROM) Germany 112 118 230 0.57 111 105 216 0.52 Greece 24 19 43 0.11 22 16 38 0.09 Hong Kong (SAR of China)(b) 9 5 14 0.03 6 5 11 0.03 India 22 12 34 0.08 76 52 128 0.31 Indonesia 7 3 10 0.02 6 7 13 0.03 Iraq 7 6 13 0.03 3 0 3 0.01 Ireland 28 31 59 0.15 36 31 67 0.16 Italy 62 55 117 0.29 70 49 119 0.29 Japan 0 12 12 0.03 3 9 12 0.03 Korea, Republic of (South) 4 4 8 0.02 4 6 10 0.02 Lebanon 10 5 15 0.04 13 5 18 0.04 Malaysia 24 36 60 0.15 43 42 85 0.21 Malta 23 7 30 0.07 22 8 30 0.07 Netherlands 189 153 342 0.85 177 151 328 0.79 New Zealand 217 177 394 0.98 260 220 480 1.16 Papua New Guinea n/a n/a n/a N/A 4 7 11 0.03 Philippines 18 80 98 0.24 23 92 115 0.28 Poland 34 42 76 0.19 21 31 52 0.13 Singapore 19 7 26 0.06 9 10 19 0.05 South Africa 27 23 50 0.12 33 53 86 0.21 South Eastern Europe, nfd(c) 25 22 47 0.12 20 14 34 0.08 Sri Lanka 18 11 29 0.07 30 21 51 0.12 Thailand 4 15 19 0.05 10 28 38 0.09

39

2006 Census 2011 Census

Males Females Persons Persons % Males Females Persons Persons %

Turkey 11 4 15 0.04 12 3 15 0.04 United Kingdom, Channel Islands 742 817 1559 3.89 708 822 1530 3.69 and Isle of Man(d) United States of America 38 42 80 0.20 40 40 80 0.19 Vietnam 55 15 70 0.17 102 22 124 0.30 Born elsewhere(e) 218 182 400 1.00 205 203 408 0.98 Country of birth not stated 1156 1109 2265 5.65 1147 1107 2254 5.44 Total 20226 19853 40079 20783 20658 41441 http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au (a) Special Administrative Regions (SARs) comprise 'Hong Kong (SAR of China)' and 'Macau (SAR of China)'. (b) Excludes persons who stated their birthplace as 'Yugoslavia'. Data for 'Yugoslavia' are included in the category 'South Eastern Europe, nfd'. (nfd) Not Further Defined

40 Languages Spoken at Home Whilst English is the predominate language spoken at home, Wellington LGA has a diversity of languages other than English spoken at home. The second predominate language spoken at home according to the ABS 2011 Census is Italian (123 persons) followed by Dutch, (108 persons), German (99 persons),

Mandarin (64 persons), Polish (60 persons) and Vietnamese (51 persons). A high number of respondents indicated the category “Other languages not individually or adequately identified/non- verbal.” Table 36: Languages spoken at home (full classification) Languages Spoken at Home (full classification) Wellington Males Females Total Persons Arabic 9 9 18 Assyrian 0 4 4 Australian Indigenous Languages 5 4 9 Bengali 3 4 7 Cantonese 19 11 30 Croatian 20 19 39 Dari 0 0 0 Dutch 53 55 108 English (only) 18,425 19,136 37,561 French 20 25 45 German 50 49 99 Greek 20 20 40 Hindi 10 14 24 Hungarian 8 7 15 Italian 63 60 123 Japanese 9 8 17 Khmer 16 13 29 Korean 0 3 3 Macedonian 9 6 15 Maltese 6 3 9 Mandarin 34 30 64 Other Chinese lang 0 5 5 Other Indo-Aryan lang. 9 5 14 Other Southeast Asian Austronesian 13 14 27 Other lang. not individually or adequately identified/non-verbal 105 118 223 Persian (excluding Dari) 4 7 11 Polish 25 35 60 Portuguese 3 0 3 Punjabi 31 14 45 Russian 0 10 10 Samoan 3 0 3 Serbian 6 3 9 Sinhalese 11 12 23 Spanish 10 16 26 Filipino 7 27 34 Indonesian 6 7 13 Tagalog 5 28 33 Tamil 6 10 16 Thai 15 14 29 Turkish 0 0 0 Urdu 0 6 6 Vietnamese 26 25 51 http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au

41 Acceptance of Diverse Cultures

The VicHealth 2011 Community Indicators survey measured social attitudes that influence health. One of the survey questions related to community acceptance of diverse cultures. 37.6% of Wellington residents reported acceptance of diverse cultures, which is significantly below the state average.

Table 37: Community acceptance of diverse cultures. Wellington% Victoria% Community acceptance of diverse cultures 37.6 50.6 VicHealth 2011Community Indicators Survey

42 Indigenous Population ABS 2011 Census data indicates that there were 588 persons residing in the Wellington LGA on census night who identify themselves as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. 1.42% of the Wellington LGA population identified themselves as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, compared to

1.49% across Gippsland (Latrobe SLA) as a whole. The proportion of the population who identified themselves as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in Wellington LGA is double the proportion that identified themselves as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander for the state of Victoria, which recorded 0.71% of the population as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

Table 38: Indigenous population Non- Indigenous Unknown Indigenous Location Indigenous Unknown Total Population Population Population Population % % Wellington 588 38,996 1,856 41,440 1.42 4.48 Latrobe-Gippsland SLA 3,810 241,027 11,022 255,859 1.49 4.31 Victoria (total) 37,990 5,069,157 246,895 5,354,042 0.71 4.61 http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au

Figure 28: Percent of Aboriginal people within region 1.6

1.4

1.2

1

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0 Wellington Gippsland (Latrobe SLA) Victoria

43

Figure 29: Gippsland Aboriginal population

44

According to ABS 2011 Census data, 15.51% of the Gippsland population who identified themself as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander on census night resided in Wellington LGA. The Wellington LGA ATSI population is 1.5% of the Victorian ATSI population.

Table 39: Population distribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders 2011 (Number)

Number of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders by area 2011 Census

5 – 9 10 – 14 15- 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60- 64 65 + Percentage of total 0-4 years years years years years years years years years years population 2011 Total SLA name ATSI % ATSI No No. No No No No. No No. No No. Pop. Total pop. people Wellington 78 63 72 63 102 63 72 42 14 22 591 41,442 1.42 Gippsland 535 430 481 390 570 397 424 321 114 149 3,811 255,860 1.49 Victoria 4,689 4,283 4,412 4,056 5,898 4,536 4,429 3,045 1,016 1,626 37,990 5,354,044 0.71

The age profile of people who identify themselves as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in Wellington largely mirrors that of Gippsland and Victoria. Wellington has a slightly higher proportion of ATSI population in the 20 – 29 year age group, and a slightly lower proportion in the 50 plus age group than both Gippsland and Victoria.

Table 40: Population distribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders 2011 (Percentage)

Proportion of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders by age by area 2011 Census

0-4 5 – 9 10 – 14 15- 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60- 64 65 + years years years years years years years years years years SLA name % % % % % % % % % %

Wellington 13.2 10.6 12.2 10.6 17.3 10.6 12.2 7.1 2.4 3.7* Gippsland 14 11.3 12.6 10.2 15 10.4 11.1 8.4 3 3.9*

Victoria 12.3 11.3 11.6 10.7 15.5 11.9 11.7 8 2.7 4.3

45

Figure 30: Proportion of ATSI population by age in each area 20

18

16

14

12 Wellington 10 Gippsland (Latrobe 8 SLA) 6 Victoria

4

2

0 0-4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15to 19 20 to 29 30 to 39 40 to 49 50 to 59 60 to 64 65+

46 Table 41: ATSI population by sex by age (Number)

Proportion of ATSI Population by age by sex, by area Census 2011

Age Group Wellington Gippsland Victoria Male Female Male Female Male Female 0 - 4 25 53 260 275 2,381 2,308 5 - 9 32 31 216 214 2,185 2,098 10 – 14 35 37 231 250 2,202 2,210 15- 19 30 33 208 182 2,105 1,951 20 - 29 70 32 311 259 2851 3047 30 - 39 34 29 180 217 2149 2387 40 - 49 38 34 205 219 2135 2294 50 - 59 19 23 149 172 1482 1563 60 - 64 11 3 54 60 472 544 65+ 11 11 64 85 711 915 Total 305 286 1,878 1,933 18,673 19,317

Table 42: ATSI population by sex by age (Percentage)

Proportion of ATSI Population by age by sex, by area ABS Census 2011

Age Group Wellington Gippsland Victoria Male % Female % Male % Female % Male % Female % 0 - 4 4.2 8.9 6.8 7.2 6.3 6.1 5 - 9 5.4 5.2 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.5 10 – 14 5.9 6.3 6 6.6 5.8 5.8 15- 19 5.1 5.6 5.6 4.8 5.5 5.1 20 - 29 11.8 5.4 8.2 6.8 7.5 8.0 30 - 39 5.7 4.9 4.7 5.7 5.7 6.3 40 - 49 6.4 5.8 5.4 5.7 5.6 6.0 50 - 59 3.2 3.9 3.9 4.5 3.9 4.1 60 - 64 1.9 .5 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.4 65+ 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.2 1.9 2.4 Total 51.5 48.4 49.4 50.7 49.1 50.7 99.9%* 101%* 99.8%* *Percentages do not equal 100% due to rounding to the nearest decimal point.

47 Figure 30: Wellington - Proportion of ATSI population by age and gender 2011

14 Wellington Proporton of ATSI Population by age and gender 2011

12

10

8 Males

6 Females

4

2

0 0 - 4 5-Sep 10 – 14 15- 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 64 65+

Figure 31: Gippsland - Proportion of ATSI population by age and gender 2011 9 Gippsland Proporton of ATSI Population by age and gender 2011 Census

8

7

6

5 Males 4 Females

3

2

1

0 0 - 4 5-Sep 10 – 14 15- 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 64 65+

Figure 32: Victoria -Proportion of ATSI population by age and gender 2011

9 Victoria Proporton of ATSI Population by age and gender 2011 Census

8

7

6

5 Males 4 Females

3

2

1

0 0 - 4 5-Sep 10 – 14 15- 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 64 65+

48 Health Burden of Disease

The Victorian Government Health Information Surveillance System website states: “The rate of disease burden per 1,000 persons can be used to compare the health status of LGAs with the State average, the DALY rates of the Department of Human Services Region or neighbouring LGAs. A high DALY rate indicates poor health status of the population. A low DALY rate reflects better health status. Comparisons can be made for all causes or specific diseases. The LGA DALY rates reveal large inequality in health status, by gender, place of residence, socio-economic and rurality status. Such findings are important to support resource allocation decisions that aim to redress these inequalities.”

The table below indicates the rate of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) is above the state average for the Wellington local government area for both males and females. However, the rates for both males and females are lower for Wellington LGA compared to Gippsland as a whole. Males have a higher DALY rate than females across all catchment areas.

Table 43: Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) rates for 2001 (all causes) Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) Rates for 2001 (all causes) Male per Female per 1000 1000 Wellington 157.0 138.7 Gippsland 158.8 140.5 Victoria 143.0 129.1

www.health.vic.gov.au

Figure 33: DALY rates per 1000 population DALY rates per 1000 population: 2001 180

160

140

120

100 Male per 1000 80 Female per 1000 60

40

20

0 Wellington Gippsland Victoria

49

DALY Rates for Disease & Injury

In the major categories, malignant cancers have the highest DALY rate of disease for both males and females across the Wellington LGA and Victoria. Cardiovascular disease and mental disorders are the second and third highest causes of DALY (in that order).

The Wellington female rates of DALY for malignant cancers, cardiovascular disease and mental disorders are all slightly higher than the Victorian female average.

For Wellington males, the DALY rate for malignant cancers is slightly higher than for Victorian males, the rate of cardiovascular disease is notably higher than for Victorian males (29.1 for Wellington males compared to 25.5 for Victorian males), and the rate of mental disorders is lower for males residing in Wellington than Victoria (17.9 compared to 19.6).

The top three sub categories for females residing in Wellington are: Ischaemic Heart Disease, Dementia and Depression. The DALY rates for Wellington females are slightly higher than that of females across Victoria.

Top three sub categories for males are:  Ischaemic Heart Disease, with a DALY rate notably higher than for males residing in Wellington than females residing in Wellington and for males across Victoria (17.3 compared to 14.9- Victorian males),  Diabetes Mellitus – NIDDM with a DALY rate of 9.2, which is 1.53 time higher than the Victorian rate for males at 6.0, and  Stroke, with a DALY rate of 6.7 (Vic. 6.2)

Also of note, and falling just out of the top three for males in Wellington, is ‘intentional injuries’ at 6.2 which is significantly higher than for females at 1.6 and Victorian males at 4.6

50 Table 44: Disability Adjusted Life Years rates Disability Adjusted Life Years Rates, 2001 Females Males All of All of Wellington Victoria Wellington Victoria

All causes 138.7 129.1 157.0 143.0 Infectious diseases, maternal and neonatal 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.1 conditions 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 Infectious diseases Respiratory infections 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 Lower resp. tract infections: pneumonia 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 Maternal conditions 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 Neonatal conditions 1.4 1.4 2.2 1.8 Nutritional disorders 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 Group II: non-communicable diseases 127.0 118.8 134.0 125.3 Malignant cancers 27.2 26.2 32.2 30.1 Mouth and oropharynx cancers 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.0 Cancer oesophagus 0.5 0.4 1.4 1.0 Cancer stomach 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.1 Cancer colon/rectum 3.9 3.5 4.8 4.2 Cancer pancreas 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.3 Cancer lung 3.9 3.6 6.4 6.0 Melanoma 0.7 0.6 1.2 1.1 Cancer breast 6.5 6.6 0.1 0.0 Cancer ovary 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 Cancer prostate 0.0 0.0 5.2 4.8 Cancer kidney 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.8 Cancer brain 1.0 0.9 1.6 1.2 Lymphoma 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 Leukaemia 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.1 Other malignant cancers 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 Benign neoplasms 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 Diabetes mellitus 6.0 5.7 10.0 6.5 Diabetes mellitus-NIDDM 5.5 5.2 9.2 6.0 Other endocrine and metabolic disorders 1.4 1.4 2.2 2.1 Oth. endocrine and metabolic disorders 1.1 1.1 1.9 1.8 Mental disorders 21.2 19.7 17.9 19.6 Alcohol abuse/dependence 0.3 0.4 1.8 1.6 Heroin abuse/dependence 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.5 Schizophrenia 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.7 Depression 8.5 7.1 4.3 5.9 Bipolar disorder 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 Social phobia 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 Generalised anxiety disorder 3.4 3.4 1.7 1.7 Borderline personality disorder 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.5 Neurological and sense disorders 19.2 16.6 14.4 14.7 Dementia 9.2 7.2 4.9 4.5 Epilepsy 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.9

51 Disability Adjusted Life Years Rates, 2001 Females Males All of All of Wellington Victoria Wellington Victoria Parkinsons 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 Vision loss correctable by spectacles 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 Hearing loss 2.4 2.2 3.8 3.8 Other nervous sys. and sense organ disorders 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.4 Cardiovascular diseases 24.9 22.4 29.1 25.5 Ischaemic heart disease 11.8 10.5 17.3 14.9 Stroke 8.5 7.8 6.7 6.2 Inflammatory heart disease 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.0 Other cardiovascular disease 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 Chronic respiratory diseases 9.8 9.5 11.2 10.4 COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis) 3.9 3.5 6.0 4.9 Asthma 4.0 3.7 3.0 3.3 Other chronic respiratory diseases 1.9 2.3 2.1 2.1 Digestive disorders 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.1 Liver cirrhosis 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.1 Genito-urinary disorders 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.0 Nephritis/nephrosis 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 Benign prostatic hypertrophy 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.4 Infertility 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 Skin diseases 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 Musculo-skeletal diseases 4.6 5.1 3.3 3.4 Rheumatoid arthritis 1.5 1.4 0.6 0.6 Osteoarthritis 1.7 2.5 1.9 2.0 Congenital abnormalities 2.0 1.9 3.2 2.9 Other non-specific congenital anomalies 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 Oral health 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 Dental caries 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 Miscellaneous conditions Chronic fatigue/SIDS 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 Group III: injuries 6.2 5.0 17.4 12.6 Unintentional injuries 4.7 3.5 11.2 8.0 Road fatalitiesand traffic accidents 2.1 1.3 5.5 3.5 Falls 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.1 Intentional injuries 1.6 1.5 6.2 4.6 Suicide 1.3 1.3 5.6 3.9

52

Figure 34: Disability Adjusted Life Years rates (2001) Major Categories per 1,000 population Disability Adjusted Life Years Rates (2001) Major categories per 1,000 population

35

30

25 Females Wellington

Females All of Victoria

20 Males Wellington

Males All of Victoria 15

10

5

0

53 Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) Ambulatory care is any medical care delivered where the person does not need to stay in hospital overnight. This includes treatment at a general practice / doctor’s office, health centre or hospital. Hospitalisation rates for ACSC may be considered one of a range of indicators of access to and quality of primary health care. Other factors such as personal choices, socio-economic factors and prevalence of disease in community can also influence hospitalisation rates.

The admission rates per 1000 persons for total ACSC (and each sub-category) for Wellington is higher than the Gippsland and Victorian rates. The total number of people admitted for all ACSC’s groups in Wellington is 8% more when compared to Victoria as a whole. Wellington has a 24% higher rate of admissions for acute ACSC than the rate for Victoria, but a slightly lower rate of admissions for chronic ACSC (5%).

In comparison to Gippsland, Wellington has 17% more admissions for acute ACSC, and is on a par with Gippsland when it comes to admissions for chronic ACSC.

Of note is the rate of admissions for vaccine preventable ACSC’s. Wellington has 61% higher rate than Gippsland as a whole and 106% higher than Victoria. The rate of vaccine preventable ACSC’s overall is very low, and caution should be used when drawing analysis from this data.

Table 45: Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions

Wellington Gippsland Victoria All ACSC Groups 2012- Number of Standardised Rate Number of Standardised Number of Standardised Rate per 2013 Admissions per 1,000 Persons Admissions Rate per 1,000 Admissions 1,000 Persons Persons

Total ACSCs 1814 38.77 11,039 36.33 203,382 35.83

Acute ACSCs 678 15.76 3,666 13.40 71,362 12.62

Chronic ACSCs 1,101 22.15 7,308 22.63 132,447 23.28

Vaccine Preventable 82 1.82 329 1.13 4996 0.88 ACSCs www.dhs.vic.gov.au ACSC by individual condition In 2012-2013 the most common reason for admission to hospital in Wellington was for diabetes complications.

Wellington LGA had a slightly lower rate than both Gippsland (which is marginally lower than the Victorian rate) and Victoria.

The second most common reason for admission to hospital for Wellington is dental conditions. The standardised rate of admissions for Wellington was higher than the rate for Gippsland and for Victoria.

The admission rate for Cellulitis, Angina and is higher in Wellington than Victoria but lower than the rate for Gippsland. The admission rate in Wellington for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is higher than both Gippsland and Victoria.

54

Table 46: ACSC by individual condition All individual ACSCs for 2012- 13 Wellington Gippsland Victoria Number of Standardised Number of Standardised Number of Standardised Admissions Rate per 1,000 Admissions Rate per 1,000 Admissions Rate per 1,000 Persons Persons Persons

Diabetes complications 689 13.58 4,775 14.56 92,036 16.18 Dental conditions 176 4.32 756 3.00 14,692 2.60 Chronic Obstructive 156 3.02 969 2.88 14,843 2.60 Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Pyelonephritis 126 2.70 705 2.42 14384 2.54 Cellulitis 98 2.20 657 2.32 9,443 1.67 Congestive cardiac 118 2.36 734 2.23 13,651 2.39 failure Asthma 88 2.10 435 1.67 8,938 1.58 Iron deficiency anaemia 67 1.46 475 1.57 11,677 2.06

Angina 58 1.18 493 1.53 5,179 0.91 Convulsions and epilepsy 67 1.62 397 1.51 6,853 1.22 Ear, nose and throat 92 2.33 374 1.49 6,963 1.24 infections Influenza and 78 1.74 304 1.04 3,710 0.65 pneumonia Dehydration and 35 0.73 168 0.57 5,033 0.89 gastroenteritis Gangrene 10 0.22 116 0.38 2507 0.44

Hypertension 23 0.50 110 0.34 1,882 0.33 Pelvic inflammatory 5 0.16 56 0.26 1,043 0.19 disease Perforated/bleeding 12 0.24 78 0.25 1,274 0.22 ulcer Nutritional deficiencies 5 0.09 9 0.03 90 0.02 www.dhs.vic.gov.au

55 Admission rates and trends for ACSC ACSC standardised admission rates increased on a LGA, regional and state basis from 2000 – 2001 to 2006-2007 and peaked in all areas during 2007 – 2008 before commencing a decline in 2008-2009. This decline continued until 2010-2011, then increased for Wellington, Gippsland and Victoria in 2011-2012 and again in 2012-2013. The standardised admission rate for ACSC for Wellington has reverted back to the lower rate of 2000-01. However, the rate for Wellington still remains higher than the Gippsland and Victorian rates (6.7% and 8.2% respectively).

Table 47: ACSC standardised admission rates for Victoria and Wellington PCP region

ACSC standardised admission rate trend for Victoria and WPCP Region

Wellington Gippsland Victoria

Standardised Admission Year Standardised Admission Rate Standardised Admission Rate per Rate – selected sub group per 1,000 Persons 1,000 Persons per 1,000 Persons

2000-01 38.62 38.72 32.75 2001-02 38.37 41.32 33.63 2002-03 47.38 46.35 35.35 2003-04 49.20 44.91 35.71 2004-05 54.69 48.70 43.65 2005-06 57.90 48.15 44.18 2006-07 67.43 53.66 46.19 2007-08 60.84 56.68 48.26 2008-09 41.03 36.97 34.65 2009-10 38.78 35.38 33.73 2010-11 34.38 30.57 31.66 2011-12 35.73 33.34 31.88 2012-13 38.77 36.33 35.83 www.dhs.vic.gov.au

Figure 35: Standardised admission rates for ACSC 80 70 60 50 40 Wellington 30 Gippsland 20 Victoria 10 0

56

Hospitalisation rate for injuries and poisonings – adolescents

Table 48: Adolescent hospitalisation rate for injuries and poisonings Hospitalisation rate for injuries and poisonings 2008-2009 Hospitalisations Adolescent Rate per 1000 for injuries and population as at adolescent poisonings 30 June 2008 children

Wellington 56 4,937 11.3 Gippsland Region 244 29,430 8.3 Victoria 4,565 547,115 8.4 DHS - Adolescent Community Profile: www.dhs.vic.gov.au

Dental Health In 2012-2013 the standardised admission rate (per 1000 persons) for dental conditions in Wellington LGA was higher in comparison to the Gippsland and Victorian rate of admissions.

Standardised admission rates steadily increased in the Wellington LGA between 2007-2008 and 2009- 2010. Rates for Gippsland declined from 2007-08 to 2008-09 and then increased marginally for 2009- 2010. Victorian rates have seen a marginal (yet steady) increase from 2006-2007 to 2008-2009, then a steady decline for the period from 2009-2010 until 2012-2013. For 2012- 2013, the standardised admission rate for dental conditions for Wellington was 1.7 times that of the Victorian rate.

Table 49: ACSC standardised admission rate trend for dental conditions ACSC Standardised Admission rate Trend for Dental Conditions

Year Standardised Standardised Standardised Admission Rate per Admission Rate per Admission Rate per 1,000 Persons 1,000 Persons 1,000 Persons Wellington Gippsland Victoria

2006-2007 4.23 4.01 2.71 2007-2008 4.13 3.57 3.01 2008-2009 5.01 3.44 3.03 2009-2010 5.48 3.71 3.02 2010-2011 4.60 3.32 2.89 2011-2012 5.20 3.52 2.98 2012-2013 4.32 3.00 2.60

Department of Human Services, Victorian Health Information Surveillance System

57

Figure 37 ACSC standardised admission rate trend for dental conditions 6

5

4

Wellington 3 Gippsland Victoria 2

1

0 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013

Dental conditions are the 2nd most common Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition for Wellington. The standardised rate of admissions for Wellington is higher than the rate for Gippsland and Victoria. See table 46 on page 55.

58

Life Expectancy at Birth Those born in 2007 in Wellington LGA have a life expectancy slightly below the Victorian projected figure. Males born in Wellington at this time have a slightly better life expectancy than their Gippsland counterparts, whereas females born in Wellington LGA have a slightly lower projected lifespan than their Gippsland counterparts.

Of those born in Wellington, males have the lowest life expectancy of 79.2 years, which is 1.1 years less than the Victorian state life expectancy. Females born in Wellington have a life expectancy of 83.4 years, which is one year shorter than the Victorian life expectancy for females.

Table 50: Life expectancy at birth Life Expectancy at birth 2007 Area Males Females Wellington 79.2 83.4 Gippsland 78.1 84 Victoria 80.3 84.4 www.health.vic.gov.au (http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/doc/Life-expectancy-at-birth:-Tables-and-Charts-2007)

Figure 36: Life expectancy at birth – Persons born in 2007 Life Expectancy at Birth - Persons Born in 2007 85 84 83 82 81 80 Males 79 Females 78 77 76 75 74 Wellington Gippsland Victoria

59 Premature Mortality

Premature mortality by sex 2003 – 2007 Estimates of premature mortality indicate that Wellington has a higher total rate of premature mortality than non-metropolitan Victoria and all Victoria.

Wellington has a higher rate of estimated premature mortality for males than both non-metropolitan Victoria (1.02%) and Victorian state (1.18%). The rate of estimated premature mortality for Wellington females is less than non-metropolitan Victoria (97%), but higher than the Victorian state (1.08%).

The Wellington SLA of Sale has a significantly higher premature mortality rate for both males and females when compared with other Wellington SLA’s.

Table 51: Premature mortality by sex Deaths 0 – 74 years Males Females Total Deaths Average Average Average annual annual annual SLA name Number Number Number rate per rate per rate per 100,000 100,000 100,000 Wellington (S) Alberton 61.1 345.7 20.0 127.1 81.0 243.2 Wellington (S) Avon 31.0 280.6 20.0 204.5 51.0 245.0 Wellington (S) Maffra 96.0 349.1 41.0 158.0 137.0 256.6 Wellington (S) Rosedale 68.0 289.6 41.0 230.1 109.0 265.8 Wellington (S) Sale 146.0 469.4 83.0 246.2 229.0 353.3 Wellington LGA 402.0 346.9 205.0 193.2 607.0 272.8 Non-metropolitan Victoria 12,045.0 339.8 6,965.0 198.7 19,013.0 269.9 Victoria 35,032.0 294.7 21,448.0 179.4 56,480.0 236.8 www.publichealth.gov.au

Figure 37: Premature mortality by sex Premature Mortality by Sex 2003 - 2007 500 450 400 Wellington (S) Alberton 350 Wellington (S) Avon 300 Wellington (S) Maffra 250 Wellington (S) Rosedale 200 Wellington (S) Sale 150 Country Vic 100 Victoria 50 0 Males Females Total

60 Premature mortality by cause of death In the years 2003 – 2007 cancer was the most common cause of premature mortality for residents of Wellington LGA, with the rate of cancer significantly higher in the Sale SLA. The Wellington SLA of Rosedale also had a significantly higher incidence of premature mortality caused by cancer than both the Victorian and non-metropolitan Victorian figures. The Wellington SLA’s of Alberton and Maffra both had a lower premature mortality rate caused by cancer than the non-metropolitan Victorian figures.

The Wellington SLA of Avon had a significantly lower rate of premature mortality caused by cancer compared with both the non-metropolitan Victorian and the overall Victorian figures. Interestingly, the Avon SLA had a significantly higher rate of premature mortality due to “external causes” (double that of the Victorian figures). The Sale SLA reported a significantly higher rate of premature mortality due to circulatory system diseases, respiratory system diseases and “Other causes” when compared to Wellington LGA, Non-metropolitan Victoria and Victoria overall.

Table 52: Deaths aged 0 - 74 years 2003-2007 Deaths aged 0 - 74 years 2003 – 2007 Average annual rate in 100,000 Cancer Circulatory Respiratory External Other system system causes causes SLA diseases diseases Wellington (S) Alberton 108.3 42.9 19.9 31.2 40.9 Wellington (S) Avon 79.3 52.0 .. 53.9 53.8 Wellington (S) Maffra 105.5 69.4 12.8 34.8 34.2 Wellington (S) Rosedale 122.5 59.7 .. 29.8 45.8 Wellington (S) Sale 149.2 77.5 24.1 29.4 72.3 Wellington LGA 113.0 60.3 18.9 35.8 49.4 Non metropolitan Victoria 111.0 58.2 15.7 35.4 50.2 Victoria 103.0 49.2 12.5 27.0 45.3 www.publichealth.gov.au

Figure 40: Premature mortality by cause of death

61 Premature Mortality by Cause of Death

160 140

120 100 Wellington (S) Alberton 80 Wellington (S) Avon 60 Wellington (S) Maffra 40 Wellington (S) Rosedale 20 Wellington (S) Sale 0 Non metropolitan Victoria

Victoria Average Average AnnualRate per 100,000 people

Potentially Avoidable Deaths The Victorian Government Health Information Surveillance System website defines Avoidable Mortality (AM) as “a simple and practical population-based method of counting untimely and unnecessary deaths from diseases for which effective public health and medical interventions are available. An excess of deaths due to preventable causes should suggest shortcomings in the healthcare system that warrant further attention.” https://hns.dhs.vic.gov.au/3netapps/vhisspublicsite/ViewContent.aspx?TopicID=1&SubTopicID=11

Avon SLA has the lowest rate of avoidable deaths by all causes for the Wellington LGA, and a significantly lower rate than Victoria and non metropolitan Victoria. The SLA’s of Alberton and Maffra sneak in just under the non-metropolitan Victoria rate for avoidable deaths by all causes, but remain higher than the Victorian overall rate.

In terms of specific causes of death at the time of data capture, of note are the following:  Alberton SLA has significantly higher rate of deaths in 0 – 74 year olds due to respiratory system disease (double the Victorian rate), and a significantly higher rate of deaths in this age group caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2.3 times higher than Victoria).  Avon SLA has a significantly lower rate of deaths in 0 – 74 year olds caused by cancer (49% of non-metropolitan Victoria), and a significantly higher rate of deaths caused by suicide / self- inflicted injuries (2.93 times Victorian figures, and 2.42 times non-metropolitan Victorian figures)  Maffra SLA has a significantly higher rate of premature deaths caused by colorectal cancer when compared to Wellington as a whole (1.39 times Wellington), and almost double (1.91 times) that of Victoria as a whole. The rate of deaths due to cardiovascular disease in Maffra SLA is also high compared to Wellington LGA (1.14 times), non-metropolitan Victoria (1.2 times), and Victorian figures (1.4 times) Maffra SLA also has a significantly higher rate of deaths due to road traffic injuries (2.8 times that of Victoria) and 1.6 times that of non-metropolitan Victoria.  Sale SLA had a significantly higher rate of respiratory system disease (2.3 times) than Victoria as a whole. Sale SLA also has a significantly higher rate of deaths in this age group caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2.3 times) that of Victoria

62 Table 53: Death 0 - 74 years – Average annual rate in 100,000 Deaths 0 – 74 years Average Annual rate in 100,000 Cause of Death Chronic Suicide / Respir. obstr. Road self All Colorec Lung Cardiovas Isch. Heart Cerebrivas System Pulm. traffic inflicted SLA name causes Cancer cancer cancer . diseases disease disease disease disease injuries injuries Wellington (S) Alberton 168.7 71.1 14.1 33.4 36.9 31.2 .. 16.8 49.6 .. .. Wellington (S) Avon 134.6 32.5 .. .. 42.4 37.5 0.0 ...... 32.3 Wellington (S) Maffra 174.6 63.6 21.6 14.4 56.4 41.8 9.1 .. .. 17.6 .. Wellington (S) Rosedale 185.2 70.4 14.0 28.0 54.7 42.7 ...... Wellington (S) Sale 216.4 77.1 12.2 39.7 56.1 44.2 7.5 19.5 49.2 8.1 14.8 Wellington LGA 175.9 62.9 15.5 28.9 49.3 39.5 5.5 18.2 49.2 12.9 14.8 Non- metropolitan Vic 182.1 65.9 12.5 22.6 46.8 33.9 10.2 11.4 29.7 11.1 13.3 Victoria 158.2 61.4 11.3 20.6 39.8 27.8 9.4 8.4 21.6 6.2 11.0 www.health.vic.gov.au

Figure 38: Potentially avoidable deaths Potentially avoidable deaths

90 80 70 60 50 Wellington (S) Alberton 40 Wellington (S) Avon 30 Wellington (S) Maffra 20 10 Wellington (S) Rosedale

AnnualAverage Rateper 100,00 0 Wellington (S) Sale Non-metropolitan Vic Victoria

63 Chronic disease risk factors Conditions such as smoking, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity and obesity are considered to be health risk factors. Table 43 below indicates the rate of persons (per 100) with at least one of the four health risk factors. All Wellington SLA’s have a higher rate of people with at least one of the following four health risk factors: smoking, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity and obesity when compared to the Victorian population. Wellington LGA as a whole has a lower rate of people with at least one of these health risk factors than Gippsland.

Table 54: Chronic disease factors

People with at least one of four of the following health risk factors - smoking, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, obesity (synthetic prediction) - 18 years and over

SLA name Rate per 100 Wellington (S) Alberton 57.0 Wellington (S) Avon 54.4 Wellington (S) Maffra 58.5 Wellington (S) Rosedale 58.3 Wellington (S) Sale 58.1 Wellington LGA 57.2 Gippsland 58.7 Victoria 53.6 The Social Health Atlas of Australia, 2010

Figure 39: Proportion of population with at least one health risk factor 2007-2008 Proportion of population with at least one health risk factor 2007 - 2008 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Gippsland Victoria (S) Alberton (S) Avon (S) Maffra (S) Rosedale (S) Sale

64 Smoking

The percentage of the population who smoke, according to the Victorian Population Health Survey, had decreased slightly in Wellington Shire and Victoria from 2008-2011.

Figure 40: Proportion of the population who smoke

25 20.6 19.1 2008 2011 19.1 20 15.7 15

10

5

0 WellingtonShire Victoria

Aboriginal Victorians were more likely to smoke, not eat enough fruit and be obese if they resided in rural Victoria. (The Health and Wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians - 2008.)

According to the synthetic predictions based on the 2007-2008 National Health Survey, approximately one quarter of males across the Wellington LGA 18 years and older were current smokers in 2007-2008. The estimated rate of female smokers in 2007-2008 across the Wellington LGA was slightly less, varying from 20.6% in Avon SLA, to 21.7% in Alberton SLA. All Wellington SLA’s had a higher rate of smoking comparative to the Victorian population estimates.

Table 55: Current smokers (synthetic prediction) 18 years and over Current smokers (synthetic prediction) 18 years and over Males Females Rate per Number Rate per 100 Number 100 Wellington (S) Alberton 531.2 26.9 436.6 21.7 Wellington (S) Avon 398.2 24.3 301.4 20.6 Wellington (S) Maffra 929.2 25.9 802.4 20.9 Wellington (S) Rosedale 971.6 27.8 519.8 20.4 Wellington (S) Sale 1,188.3 24.8 1,132.0 21.1 Wellington LGA 4,018.5 25.9 3,192.2 21.0 Gippsland 22,751 25.8 20,261 21.7 Victoria 435,529 21.9 367,910 17.8 The Social Health Atlas of Australia, 2010

65 Figure 41: Proportion of population who were current smokers by sex (2007 – 2008) Proportion of population who were current smokers by sex (2007 - 2008) 30

25

20

15 Males 10 Females

5

0 Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Gippsland Victoria (S) Alberton (S) Avon (S) Maffra (S) Rosedale (S) Sale LGA

According to the VicHealth 2011 Community Indicators survey, 69.6% of Wellington residents support smoking bans in outside dining areas.

Table 56: Support for smoking ban in outside dining areas Wellington% Victoria% Support for smoking ban in outside dining areas 69.6 69.8

66 Harmful use of alcohol

In 2011, the results of the Victorian Population Health Survey indicated that in Wellington the proportion of the population who had risky levels of alcohol consumption that had the risk of short term harm had reduced compared with the data from 2008.

Figure 42: Proportion of the population with risky levels of alcohol consumption for short term risk of alcohol related harm

51 50.5 50 2008 2011 49 48 47.6 47 46 45.2 45.3 45 44 43 42 Wellington Shire Victoria

Victorian Population Health Survey 2008 & 2011

In 2011, 5.8% of those from Wellington who participated in the Victorian Population Health Survey were at high risk of long term alcohol related harm compared with 3.3% of Victorians.

Just over 5% of the Wellington population aged 18 years and over consumed alcohol at levels considered to be a high risk to health, according to the 2007 -2008 synthetic prediction. Whilst the rate varies marginally between SLA’s, the estimated rate per 100 people within all Wellington SLA’s is on par with the Gippsland estimate, although higher than the Victorian estimate.

Table 57: Harmful use of alcohol Alcohol consumption at levels considered to be a high risk to health (synthetic prediction), persons aged 18 years and over 2007 - 2008 Number Rate per 100 Wellington (S) Alberton 234.0 5.6 Wellington (S) Avon 175.0 5.5 Wellington (S) Maffra 402.0 5.3 Wellington (S) Rosedale 347.0 5.7 Wellington (S) Sale 502.0 5.0 Wellington LGA 1,660.0 5.4 Gippsland 10,124.0 5.5 Victoria 185,356.0 4.6

67 Other alcohol data

From 2007/2008 to 2011/2012, hospitalisations of Gippsland residents attributed to alcohol were higher amongst Aboriginal males and females compared to non-Aboriginal males and females. Aboriginal males had the highest hospitalisations attributable to alcohol. Source: Gippsland Health online

In the Gippsland Region in 2009, 53.4 per cent (approx. 795) of adolescents aged 12 to 14 years had consumed alcohol, which was higher than, but not significantly different to the proportion in Victoria. Among the same age group, 29.1 per cent had drunk alcohol in the past 30 days, which was higher than, but not significantly different to the proportion in Victoria. Source: DEECD Adolescent Community Profile – Wellington 2010

According to the VicHealth Community Indicators Survey 2011, a slightly higher proportion of Wellington residents had purchased alcohol in the 7 days prior to the survey, when compared to Victorians as a whole. However, Wellington residents reported spending less on packaged liquor and in licensed premises compared to Victorian residents.

Table 58: Alcohol Purchases Wellington% Victoria% Purchased alcohol in the last 7 days 37.8 36.3 7 day $ spent on packaged liquor (of those purchasing) 38 45 7 day $ spent at a licensed premises (of those purchasing) 34 45

Figure 43: Alcohol purchases 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 Wellington 15 Victoria 10 5 0 Purchased alcohol 7 day $ spent on 7 day $ spent at a in the last 7 days packaged liquor licensed premises (of those (of those purchasing) purchasing)

68 Illicit drug use and drug related crimes

In the Gippsland Region in 2009, 1.9 per cent of adolescents aged 12 to 14 years (approx. 28) had ever used other illegal drugs. This was higher than, but not significantly different to, the proportion of 12 to 14 year olds surveyed in Victoria (1.0 per cent). In comparison, 5.1 per cent of 15 to 17 year olds had used other illegal drugs, which was higher than, but not significantly different to the proportion in Victoria (4.7 per cent). Source: DEECD Adolescent Community Profile – Wellington 2010

The Police Crime Statistics 2011-12, rates Wellington higher than Victoria in Drug cultivation, manufacturing and trafficking and drug possession.

Figure 47: Victoria Police 2011/2012 Crime Statistics Rate per 100,000 population

400 355 Drug (cult, manuf, traff) Drug (possess, use) 350

300 251 250

200

150 124.6 100 85

50

0 Victoria Wellington

69 Physical inactivity

The 2011 Victorian Population Health Survey revealed that 70.8% of Wellington Shire residents completed sufficient time and sessions of physical activity compared with 63.9% in Victoria. This is a significant improvement from 2008 when 55.9% of Wellington residents completed sufficient time and sessions of physical activity compared with 60.3% in Victoria. Wellington had improved by 14.9% whereas Victoria as a whole had only improved by 3.6%.

Gender differences in the 2008 Victorian Population Health Survey revealed that only 58.4% of females in Wellington Shire completed sufficient times and sessions of physical activity, which was lower than Victoria (59.7%). 56.3% of adult males in Wellington Shire completed sufficient activity in 2008 which was lower than the Victorian rate of 60.1%. Gendered data for the 2011 Victorian Population Health Survey is not yet available.

There were no significant differences between Aboriginal men and women or between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Victorians in the proportion who did or did not engage in sufficient physical activity to meet the Australian guidelines. (The Health and Wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians, 2008).

The synthetic prediction for 2007- 2008 indicates that Wellington LGA had a marginally lower rate of persons aged 15 years and over who were physically inactive than Gippsland, although marginally higher than Victoria as a whole.

Table 59: Physical inactivity Physical inactivity (synthetic prediction), persons aged 15 years and over 2007 - 2008 Number Rate per 100 Wellington (S) Alberton 1,661.0 34.0 Wellington (S) Avon 1,121.7 32.9 Wellington (S) Maffra 2,892.4 33.8 Wellington (S) Rosedale 2,245.5 34.7 Wellington (S) Sale 3,741.8 32.9 Wellington LGA 11,662.4 33.7 Gippsland 72,013.0 34.3 Victoria 1,396,639.0 32.6 The Social Health Atlas of Australia, 2010

70 Figure 44: Proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who are physically inactive 2007-2008 Proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who are physically inactive. 2007-2008

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0 Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Gippsland Victoria (S) Alberton (S) Avon (S) Maffra (S) Rosedale (S) Sale

The Social Health Atlas of Australia, 2010

71 Obesity Based on the Victorian Population Health Survey, the percentage of the population who are obese had declined in Wellington from 2008 to 2011. However the percentage of the population who were overweight from 2008-2011 had increased.

Figure 49: Proportion of the population who are overweight or obese 40 37.5 36 35.15 2008 2012 35 32.6

30

25 19.3 20 17.8 17.3 15.8 15

10

5

0 Wellington Shire Overweight Victoria overweight Wellington Shire obese Victoria obese

Based on the National Health Survey 2007-2008, it was estimated that almost one quarter of males 18 years and over in Wellington are obese (with a Body Mass Index of 30 or over). The rate for Wellington LGA is on par with Gippsland as a whole, and slightly higher than Victoria.

All Wellington SLA’s have a higher estimated rate of female obesity in the 18 years and over age group compared to the Victorian estimates.

Table 60: Obese persons

Obese persons (synthetic prediction), 18 years and over

Males Females Number % Number % Wellington (S) Alberton 508.8 21.3 404.8 17.1 Wellington (S) Avon 317.2 17.8 279.7 17.5 Wellington (S) Maffra 869.6 21.5 731.1 17.6 Wellington (S) Rosedale 809.7 22.1 495.7 17.7 Wellington (S) Sale 1,045.9 21.0 975.1 17.7 Wellington LGA 3,551.2 20.7 2,886.4 17.5 Gippsland 20,638.0 21.0 18,290.0 17.9 Victoria 355,824.0 18.0 330,289.0 16.0 http://www.publichealth.gov.au/data/ Social Atlas of Australia 2010

72

Figure 50: Proportion of the population aged 18 years and over who are obese Proportion of the population aged 18 years and over who are obese (BMI of 30 or over)

2007-2008 25

20

15

10

5

0 Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Gippsland Victoria (S) Alberton (S) Avon (S) Maffra (S) Rosedale (S) Sale

Healthy Eating & Nutrition According to the VicHealth 2011 Community Indicators survey, 74.4% of Wellington residents share a meal with their family more than 5 days per week, which is higher that the Victorian percentage of 66.3%. According to the same survey, fewer Wellington residents consumer soft drink on a daily basis compared to Victorian residents as a whole.

Table 61: Health Lifestyle behaviours Wellington% Victoria% Shares a meal with family (> 5 days per week) 74.4 66.3 Sedentary behaviour (sitting >7 hours per day) 20.5 32.6 Daily soft drink consumption 9.2 12.4

Figure 51: Healthy Lifestyle behaviours 80 70 60 50 40 Wellington 30 Victoria 20 10 0 Shares a meal with Sedentary behaviour Daily soft drink family (> 5 days per (sitting >7 hours per consumption week) day)

73 Daily fruit intake

From 2008-2011, compliance with the recommended daily fruit intake had reduced across Wellington and Victoria according to the Victorian Population Health survey data. In 2008, 49.2% of Wellington residents over 18 were consuming the recommended daily fruit intake compared with 45.7% in 2011. In 2008, 48.6% of Wellington residents over 18 were consuming the recommended daily fruit intake compared with 45.3% in 2011.

Poor nutrition is considered a risk factor for many chronic diseases. The Australian Government launched the 2&5 Campaign (consumption of 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables per day) as an Australian health priority due to inadequate levels of consumption.

Synthetic predictions based on the 2007-2008 National Health Survey indicate that a higher proportion of persons aged 5 – 17 years have a usual daily intake of two or more serves of fruit compared to persons 18 years and older.

The Rosedale SLA is notably higher in fruit consumption for the 5 – 17 year old age group than the remaining SLA’s, Gippsland and Victoria as a whole. However the same SLA is quite noticeably recording the lowest consumption for the 18+ group and is significantly lower than the state average.

Table 62: Usual daily intake of two or more serves of fruit

Usual daily intake of two or more serves of fruit (synthetic prediction) 2007 -2008

Persons aged 5 – 17 Persons 18 years and

years older % % Wellington (S) Alberton 60.2 47.6 Wellington (S) Avon 65.0 48.1 Wellington (S) Maffra 60.2 48.4 Wellington (S) Rosedale 68.1 46.8 Wellington (S) Sale 59.0 49.1 Wellington LGA 62.5 48.0 Gippsland 62.4 48.3 Victoria 63.2 50.9 The Social Health Atlas of Australia 2010

74

Figure 52: Usual daily intake of two or more serves of fruit (5 - 17 years of age)

Usual daily intake of two or more serves of fruit persons aged 5 – 17 years

70 68 66 64 62 60 58 56 54

The Social Health Atlas of Australia, 2010

75

Figure 53: Usual daily intake of two or more serves of fruit (18 years and over) Usual daily intake of two or more serves of fruit persons 18 years and older 52

51

50

49

48

47

46

45

44 Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Gippsland Victoria (S) Alberton (S) Avon (S) Maffra (S) (S) Sale LGA Rosedale

The Social Health Atlas of Australia, 2010

Daily vegetable intake

Data from the Victorian Population Health Survey indicates that in 2008, a higher percentage of people residing in Wellington LGA consumed between 3 and 4 serves of vegetables per day than people residing in Gippsland and Victoria. (A serve is half a cup of cooked vegetables or a cup of salad vegetables).

The percentage of people in Wellington LGA and Gippsland eating 5 or more serves of vegetables per day was significantly above the Victorian estimates.

Table 63: Vegetable intake (Serves per day) Serves per Day LGA None 1 -2 Serves 3- 4 Serves 5 or more Serves % % % % Wellington 5.6 49.4 32.2 11.7 (a) Gippsland 4 54 29.5 11.6 (a) Victoria 5.8 56.9 28.2 7.7 Source: Victorian Population Health Survey 2008 (a) Estimates are (statistically) significantly above Victorian estimates

In 2011, the results of the Victorian Population Health Survey revealed that the percentage of people consuming the recommended amounts of vegetables per day had decreased slightly for Victoria and even more for Wellington. Wellington reduced from 11.7% in 2008 to 8.5% in 2011. Victoria reduced from 7.7% in 2008 to 7.2% in 2011.

76 Proportion of people who did not meet consumption guidelines The national dietary guidelines developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 2003 recommend adults consume 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables daily.

A serve of vegetables is half a cup of cooked vegetables or a cup of salad vegetables. A serve of fruit is one medium piece or two small pieces of fruit, or one cup of diced pieces

Wellington LGA had a higher proportion of the population who in 2008 did not consume adequate serves of fruit per day compared to Victoria, although marginally less than Gippsland as a whole. Wellington LGA reported fewer residents who did not meet the required serves of vegetable consumption per day.

Table 64: Proportion of people who did not meet consumption guidelines

Proportion of people who did not meet consumption guidelines*

Area Fruit Vegetable Either Fruit or guidelines guidelines Vegetable Guidelines % % % Wellington 52.2 86.6 47.7 Gippsland 52.8 86.9 49.3 Victoria 50.5 90 48.2 Source: Victorian Population Health Survey 2008 * Based on national guidelines (NHMRC) 2003).

Reasons why people do not always have the type of food they want According to the Victorian Population Health Survey, in 2008 the biggest reason why people did not always have the type of food they wanted in East Gippsland was due being unable to always obtain the desired quality of food. This was higher for East Gippsland than Gippsland as a whole, which is statistically significant.

Cost, with some foods being too expensive was the second biggest barrier.

Table 65: Reasons why people do not always have the type of food they want

Reasons why don’t always have the type of food they want

LGA Some Can’t always Can’t always Can’t always Inadequate foods are get the right get the right get culturally and unreliable too quality variety appropriate public expensive food transport % % % % % East Gippsland 28.5 33.2 8.8 5.4 13.6 Gippsland 31.4 29.8 (a) 10.6 5.7 10.4 (a) Victoria 28.3 25.5 10.9 6.8 8 Source: Victorian Population Health Survey 2008 (a) Estimates are (statistically) significantly above Victorian estimates.

77 Breast feeding rates

The percentage of infants exclusively breastfeed at 3 months has decreased in Wellington from 2009- 2010 to 2011-2012. In 2012, 45.3% of infants in Wellington were exclusively breastfed which is lower that the Victorian average of 51.7%. (Source: Maternal and child health services annual report)

Healthy Food Basket Survey

The purchase of healthy food in Wellington can cost up to 44% of an unemployed family’s income. This is considerably higher than the Victorian household average of 17% and may be unaffordable for many people. (Source: The cost and availability of Healthy Food in Wellington – WPCP July 2012)

The Victorian Healthy Food Basket survey conducted in Wellington in 2010 and 2012 found that the healthy food basket was cheaper in towns with a chain supermarket or more than one store. These towns were also more likely to have all of the contents available. (Source: The cost and availability of Healthy Food in Wellington, WPCP July 2012).

Gambling Participation

During 2010/2011 the estimated expenditure on electronic gaming machines for Wellington LGA was just over $23.5m.

Wellington LGA residents aged 18 years and over spent 1.15 times their Victoria counterparts per person during 2010/2011 on average on electronic gaming machines.

Table 66: Gambling participation 2011 Net EGM Population VENUE EGM TOTAL NET Population expenditure per (18+) NO. NO. EXPENDITURE 2010-11 (18+) per venue adult Projection Wellington 33,421 8 324 $23,571,363 4,178 $705 Victoria 4,322,850 511 26,778 $2,651,367,052.00 8,460 $613 * EGM – Electronic Gaming Machines)

Wellington Shire has the highest number of Electronic Gaming Machines in Victoria (across all LGAs) per 1,000 of the adult population = 9.5 EGMs per 1,00 0 adults. Source: VCGLR website, 30 June 2012.

78 Mental Health 2001 Burden of Disease data indicates that Wellington LGA had a lower overall Mental Disorders DALY rate for males, when compared to both Gippsland and Victorian figures. The 2001 data indicates that the DALY rate for females for mental disorders is higher than for that of males, with Wellington figures being the same as Gippsland, both higher than the Victorian DALY rate for females at that time.

The rate of alcohol abuse/dependence was slightly higher for Wellington males than Gippsland and Victoria for males, yet the rate of heroin dependence and depression was lower.

The DALY rates for females for individual disorders generally mirror the rates for Gippsland, and with the exception of slightly higher figures than Victoria for the rate of depression, rates are largely in line with Victorian averages.

Table 67: Disability Adjusted Life Years rates Disability Adjusted Life Years rates, 2001 Wellington Gippsland All Victoria Males Females Males Females Males Females

Mental disorders 17.9 21.2 19.6 21.2 19.6 19.7

Alcohol abuse/dependence 1.8 0.3 1.6 0.3 1.6 0.4

Heroin abuse/dependence 1.1 0.4 1.5 0.4 1.5 0.4

Schizophrenia 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.3

Depression 4.3 8.5 5.9 8.5 5.9 7.1

Bipolar disorder 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8

Social phobia 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2

Generalised anxiety disorder 1.7 3.4 1.7 3.4 1.7 3.4

Borderline personality disorder 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 Department of Human Services, Victorian Health Information Surveillance System Burden of Disease 2001. https://hns.dhs.vic.gov.au/3netapps/vhisspublicsite/ViewContent.aspx?TopicID=1&SubTopicID=13

Figure 54: DALY Rates – Mental Disorders 9 8 7 6 5 4 Wellington Males 3 Wellington Females 2 1 Gippsland Males 0 Gippsland Females Victorian Males Victorian Females

79 Psychological distress

Data collected on Psychological distress by the Victorian Population Health Survey in 2008 and 2011 reveal that in Wellington the percentage of the population experiencing high to very high levels of psychological distress had increased. Across Victoria this had decreased.

Figure 55: Rates of psychological distress for persons 18 years and over.

18 15.8 16 2008 2011 14 11.8 11.4 12 11.1 10 8 6 4 2 0 Wellington Shire Victoria

Women in Victoria and Gippsland experience higher levels of psychological distress compared with men. Source: Gippsland Women’s Health Report – 2008 Population Health Survey.

Almost 35 per cent of Aboriginal Victorians, compared with 20 per cent of non-Aboriginal Victorians, had ever been diagnosed by a doctor with depression or anxiety (The Health and Wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians, 2008).

Deaths from suicide and self-inflicted injuries Wellington - Avon SLA has a significantly higher rate of deaths from suicide and self-inflicted injuries than the remainder of Wellington LGA, Gippsland and Victoria.

Table 68: Deaths from suicide and self-inflicted injuries Deaths from suicide and self-inflicted injuries, 0 to 74 years 2003 to 2007 Average annual rate per Number 100,000 Wellington (S) - Alberton # .. Wellington (S) - Avon 6 32.3 Wellington (S) - Maffra # .. Wellington (S) - Rosedale # .. Wellington (S) - Sale 9 14.8 Gippsland 101 13.7

Victoria 2628 11.0 Social Atlas of Australia 2010 http://www.publichealth.gov.au/data/social-health-atlas_-australia-2nd-edition---volumes-1-9.html # not shown: replaces numbers from 1 to 4, or where population is less than 100 (less than 1,000 for synthetic predictions) .. Not applicable

80 The 2001 Burden of Disease Study shows that Wellington LGA has a DALY for Intentional Injuries and Suicide equal to the Gippsland rates. This rate is substantially higher than Victorian figures. The rate of intentional injury and suicide for females is fairly static between Wellington, Gippsland and Victoria.

Table 69: Disability Adjusted Life Years rates - suicide Disability Adjusted Life Years Rates, Intentional Injuries Wellington Gippsland Victoria Males Females Males Females Males Females 6.2 1.6 6.3 1.6 4.6 1.5 5.6 1.3 5.6 1.3 3.9 1.3

Adolescent Psychiatric Hospitalisation rate per 1000 adolescent children  From 2008/2009 to 2009/2010 the psychiatric hospitalisation rate for adolescents in Wellington (per 1,000 adolescents) was higher than the Victorian average. (total = 90 for Wellington)

 2008/2009 Wellington 7.9 adolescents per 1,000

 2008/2009 Victoria 6.1 adolescents per 1,000

 2009/2010 Wellington 10.5 adolescents per 1,000

 2009/2010 Victoria 6.7 adolescents per 1,000. http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/health-documents-bycategory?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=size-and-distribution-of-problem

Adolescent access to support services

In 2009, 58.9 per cent of adolescents in Gippsland Region felt that they could access mental health services if needed. This was lower than, but not significantly different to that reported across Rural Victoria (69.3 per cent). Translate these figures to Wellington. 41.1% of adolescents in Wellington (=1,997) feel they cannot access mental health services if needed. (DEECD Adolescent Community Profile – Wellington 2010)

81 Bullying The proportion of Wellington adolescents who reported being bullied (according to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) Adolescent Community Profile 2010, is higher than both the Gippsland and Victorian reported figures. Table 70: Proportion of adolescents that report being bullied Proportion of adolescents that reported being bullied Wellington 47.9 Rural Victoria 46.9 Victoria 44.6 DHS - Adolescent Community Profile: www.dhs.vic.gov.au

Figure 56: Proportion of adolescents that report being bullied Proportion of adolescents that report being bullied 49

48

47

46

45

44

43

42 Wellington Rural Victoria Victoria

The proportion of Wellington adolescents who reported being bullied (according to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) Adolescent Community Profile 2010, is higher than both the Gippsland and Victorian reported figures.

82 Disability

Need for assistance with core activities ABS 2011 Census figures indicate that overall, the proportion of persons needing assistance* in

Wellington LGA is marginally lower than Gippsland figures and 1.17% higher than the Victorian rate. Wellington has a higher rate of people needing assistance in the 0 - 64 year age categories in comparison to Victoria, and a slightly lower rate in the 65 years and above age group.

Table 69: Persons needing assistance Persons needing assistance:

Number of people % of the 0-14 0-14 15-64 65+ 75+ requiring total years years years 15-64 years 65+ years 75+ assistance population No. % Number years % Number years % Number years % Wellington (S) 2336 5.6% 221 2.8% 981 3.7% 313 8.1% 821 26.2% Gippsland 15014 5.8% 1344 2.8% 6142 3.8% 2142 8% 5386 25.6% Victoria 255,496 4.8% 20756 2% 92,347 2.5% 36,492 9% 105,901 29.5% www.abs.gov.au Wellington Basic Community Profile 2011

*This is a measure of the number of people with a profound or severe disability, that is, people needing help or assistance in one or more of the three core activity areas of self-care, mobility and communication, because of a disability (lasting six months or more), long term health condition (lasting six months or more) or old age.

Table 70: Number of children and adults (to 64 years) with a disability: 2006 Age range (years) 0-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 Total Wellington LGA 106 492 417 444 800 1441 1751 5451 The Association for Children with a Disability www.acd.org.au/advocacy/disabilitycounts.htm (report based on analysis of specially commissioned ABS tables)

Severe or profound disability

According to the ABS 2006 Census, “People with a profound or severe disability” are defined as those people needing help or assistance in one or more of the three core activity areas of self-care, mobility and communication, because of a disability, long term health condition (lasting six months or more) or old age.

Table 71: Number of children and adults (to 64 years) with a profound or severe disability: 2006 Age range (years) 0-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 Total Wellington LGA 74 275 123 101 206 340 326 1445 The Association for Children with a Disability www.acd.org.au/advocacy/disabilitycounts.htm

Table 72: Percentage of children and adults (to 64 years) with a profound or severe disability: 2006 Age range (years) by percentage 0-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 Total Wellington LGA 5 19 9 7 14 24 23 100 The Association for Children with a Disability www.acd.org.au/advocacy/disabilitycounts.htm

83 Figure 57: Percentage by age of people with a severe or profound disability Percentage by age of people with a severe or profound disability Wellington: 2006 25

20

15

10

5

0 0-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64

Broad disability categories According to ABS 2006 Census data, the most predominate type of disability for 0 - 4 year olds is sensory or speech, this changes to intellectual or learning disability in 5 – 14 year olds, and reverts back to physical disability for the 15 year plus age categories.

Table 73: Percentages of people in broad disability categories by age range: Gippsland Age range (years) 45- 0-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 54 55-64 Sensory or speech 56.1 35.3 19.0 19.7 17.6 23.4 24.5 Intellectual or learning 24.5 56.3 37.0 14.8 10.9 7.9 6.3 Physical 49.3 30.1 51.4 62.9 68.7 75.9 82.3 Psychological 4.3 12.7 18.9 18.0 13.9 14.6 12.4 Head injury, stroke or brain damage 3.0 2.4 7.3 7.0 7.4 6.5 6.7 The Association for Children with a Disability www.acd.org.au/advocacy/disabilitycounts.htm Note: Total will not equal 100% as people who have more than one disability are counted in each relevant category.

Table 74: Percentages of people with profound or severe disabilities in broad disability categories by age range: Gippsland Age range (years) 45- 0-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 54 55-64 Sensory or speech 69.4 49.3 32.8 31.7 23.7 26.5 27.7 Intellectual or learning 34.0 65.5 62.5 29.5 20.6 12.8 12.2 Physical 42.3 31.0 48.9 76.9 82.0 86.4 95.3 Psychological 6.4 22.2 45.4 36.7 28.5 31.4 23.0 Head injury, stroke or brain damage 4.5 3.4 11.3 17.5 12.4 12.2 13.6 The Association for Children with a Disability www.acd.org.au/advocacy/disabilitycounts.htm Note: Total will not equal 100% as people who have more than one disability are counted in each relevant category.

84 Auslan Sign Language Users According to ABS 2006 Census data, at the time of the 2006 Census there were 25 people in Wellington LGA who reported using Auslan to communicate. This was a significant increase from 1996 when Wellington recorded only 7 people who used Auslan to communicate in Wellington LGA.

Table 75: Auslan sign language users by Gippsland LGA – 2006 Auslan Sign Language users by Gippsland LGA - 2006 Bass Coast 3 Baw Baw 7 East Gippsland 31 Latrobe 22 South Gippsland 7 Wellington 25 Vicdeaf: The distribution of Victoria’s sign language users: Analysis from the 1996 and 2006 census www.vicdeaf.com.au/content.asp?cid=18&t=research

Table 76: Time change from 1996 to 2006 in number of Auslan users – Wellington LGA Change from 1996 to 2006 in number of Auslan users - Wellington LGA 1996 2006 Wellington 7 25 Vicdeaf: The distribution of Victoria’s sign language users: Analysis from the 1996 and 2006 census www.vicdeaf.com.au/content.asp?cid=18&t=research

Dementia The incidence of dementia is projected to increase, according to Access Economics data reported by Alzheimer’s Australia. Projections estimate that Wellington LGA will see an almost three fold (283%) increase in the number of people with dementia between 2010 and 2050.

Table 79: Incidence and projections of prevalence of dementia 2010-2050 Incidence and projections of dementia prevalence 2010 2050 % change Wellington 592 2,269 283 Gippsland 3,840 15,467 303 Victoria 65,667 246,351 275 Alzheimer’s Australia – Victoria http://www.fightdementia.org.au

85 Unpaid Carers ABS 2011 Census figures indicate that the proportion of unpaid carers in Wellington is equal to that of Gippsland, which are both 1.2% higher than the Victorian figures. Of the 4,178 people residing in Wellington who identified as unpaid carers in the 2011 Census, 1633 were male and 2,545 were female.

Table 77: Carers – Providers of assistance Carers - Providers of Assistance:

Carers as a Number of Number of % of the Carers Carers Number of Number of total aged 15- aged 20- Carers aged Number of Carers Carers population 19 years 64 years 65+ years aged 75+ years Wellington (S) 4,178 12.4% 113 3321 481 263 Gippsland 25,788 12.4% 712 19,295 3284 1670 Victoria 490,096 11.2% 13,984 393,283 52,872 29,957 ABS Census 2011 Basic Community Profile

Persons receiving Disability / Carer pensions and allowances. Centrelink Data (June 2010) indicates that approximately just over half of the people requiring assistance receive the Disability Support Pension. 10% of persons providing assistance receive the carer payment, and one third of the number of people providing assistance receiving carer assistance.

Table 78: Centrelink data Centrelink Data as at Jun 2010 Estimated Estimated Number of Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Persons with Persons Number of Number of Persons on Persons with Carer receiving Persons Persons DSP per Carer Payment Allowance Disability receiving receiving Person per Person per Person Support Carer Carer Needing Providing Providing Pension Payment Allowance Assistance Assistance Assistance Wellington (S) 2,094 449 1,333 57.6% 10.4% 30.8% Gippsland 13,332 2,487 7,715 59.2% 9.3% 29.0% Victoria 192,065 42,914 132,775 40.1% 8.5% 26.3% Source: Price Waterhouse-Coopers, National Respite for Carers program, Victorian Demographic Profile http://www.nrcpguide.infoxchange.net.au/nrcp- providers-guide-good-practice/statewide-overview/victorian-demographic-profile

Comments on the Centrelink data: The number of persons receiving Centrelink benefits is always less than the number of people who have been identified as caring or providing assistance. This is because there are rules for eligibility and many people identified in the Census would not meet these requirements.

The eligibility for the DSP depends on age and employability. The rate of taking up the DSP is much higher in the rural regions. The rate of taking up the Carer Allowance is higher than for the Carer Payment.

It is believed that culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations are less likely to take up benefits. There may be some mismatch due to beneficiaries having different addresses between Census and Centrelink data.

86 Health Checks

Breast cancer screening The proportion of women aged 50 – 69 years residing in Wellington LGA participating in breast screening is higher than the Victorian and Gippsland average, although there is significant variance between SLA’s. Females aged between 50 – 69 years who reside in Sale SLA have the lowest rate of participation in breast screening, whilst those residing in Rosedale SLA have the highest participation rate. Alberton SLA has the highest rate of women diagnosed with cancer as an outcome of the screening, at a rate statistically significant at a 5% confidence level. The rate of women aged between 50 and 69 years in Alberton SLA diagnosed with a cancer outcome as a result of breast screening is 2.13 times that of the Victorian rate.

Table 79: Breast cancer screening

Breast screening participation, females Breast screening outcomes: cancer, aged 50 to 69 years females aged 50 to 69 years Vic and SA (2011 and 2007), Qld, WA and Vic and SA (2011 and 2007), Qld, WA and ACT (2007 and 2008) ACT (2007 and 2008) Number Women aged (women Rate per Number 50 to 69 with an 10,000 (based (women years (based outcome of on women attending over on average cancer over screened over a 24 month of two years' a 24 month a 24 month Name period) populations) % period) period) Sig. Wellington (S) - Alberton 569 818.0 69.6 7 118.4 * Wellington (S) - Avon 321 521.0 61.6 # .. Wellington (S) - Maffra 803 1,272.5 63.1 # .. Wellington (S) - Rosedale 718 972.0 73.9 7 92.5 Wellington (S) - Sale 751 1,480.5 50.7 5 64.9 Wellington LGA 3,162 5,064 63.8 19 91.9 Gippsland 19,492 31,768.5 61.4 118 60.1 Victoria 309,389 553,055 55.9 1,721 55.5 http://www.publichealth.gov.au/data/ Social Atlas of Australia 2010 # not shown: replaces numbers from 1 to 4, less than 6 immunisation cases, less than 20 births, or where population is less than 100 (less than 1,000 for synthetic predictions) .. not applicable * statistically significant, at the 5% confidence level ** statistically significant, at the 1% confidence level

87 Cervical Cancer screening According to Public Health Data, Rosedale SLA has the highest percentage of females aged 20 – 69 years participating in cervical screening in Wellington LGA. The SLA’s of Rosedale, Avon and Maffra have a participation rate above the Victorian average. Alberton SLA has the lowest participation rate for the catchment at 90% of the Wellington and Victorian average rates of participation.

Table 80: Cervical screening participation

Cervical Screening Participation – Females aged 20 – 69 years 2006-2007

Number SLA (women % (based on attending over a average of 2006 24 month and 2007 period) population) Wellington (S) - Alberton 817 1,427.2 57.2 Wellington (S) - Avon 688 1,048.3 65.7 Wellington (S) - Maffra 1,717 2,693.8 63.7 Wellington (S) - Rosedale 1,242 1,800.4 69.0 Wellington (S) - Sale 2,254 3,754.1 60.0 Wellington LGA 6,718 10,723.9 63.1 Gippsland 41,039 65,755.5 62.4 Victoria 929,193 1,472,667 63.1 http://www.publichealth.gov.au/data/ Social Atlas of Australia 2010

88 GP availability The Gippsland Medicare Local services the Wellington catchment via a site in East Gippsland. The 2009 Public Health Care Research and Information Service 2009 survey of General Practice Divisions estimate that Wellington has a ratio of 1 full time General Practitioner (GP) per 983 residents. In comparison, East Gippsland LGA is estimated to have a ratio of 1:1,203 population, and South Gippsland and Bass Coast LGA’s have a GP to population ratio of 1:1,111.

The table below illustrates a sample of rural Divisions of General Practice throughout Victoria for comparison. The table does not include all Divisions of General Practice in Victoria.

Table 81: GP availability Estimated Estimated Estimated Number number of Name of Division number of Population number of of FWE GPs GPs: FWE GP: of General Population Indigenous aged over practising female as at population population Practice 2009A persons B 65 years C GPs GPs 30/06/09 2009 ratio 2009 ratio Wellington Division of General Practice 118,204 1,249 17,543 133 45 120 889 983 East Gippsland Primary Health Alliance 79,568 1,508 14,952 74 25 66 1075 1203 General Practice Alliance - South Gippsland Ltd 69,017 337 13,797 71 21 62 972 1111 Bayside General Practice Network 188,763 301 29,753 233 150 131 810 1444 Greater Eastern Primary Health 207,895 615 23,860 213 83 177 976 1171 Peninsula GP Network 299,026 1,412 50,292 306 123 243 977 1230 Central Highlands General Practice Network 190,605 1,202 20,599 245 92 199 778 958 North East Victorian Division of General Practice 107,496 652 20,494 120 34 91 896 1179 Eastern Ranges GP Association 236,815 1,106 25,664 227 63 144 1043 1649 Otway Division of General Practice 126,145 1,238 20,478 121 36 106 1043 1193 Ballarat & District Division of General Practice 127,453 1,074 18,331 123 42 91 1036 1402 Central Victoria General Practice Network 112,238 1,101 16,994 128 42 87 877 1291 Goulburn Valley Division of General Practice 105,469 2,341 16,827 114 41 89 925 1179 West Victoria Division of General Practice 82,498 669 16,959 90 22 80 917 1027 Murray Plains Division of General Practice 64,969 1,217 12,460 69 21 53 942 1234 Mallee Division of General Practice 90,737 3,154 13,884 76 15 73 1194 1241 Primary Health Care Research and Information Service Division key Characteristics 2009 http://www.phcris.org.au/products/asd/keycharacteristic/index.php

A This information refers to revised Estimated Resident Population (ERP) data, as at 30 June 2009. Divisional ERP were calculated using ABS data at Postal Area level and generated by the Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU). B Data from the 2011 Census (30 June 2011) were used to calculate the Australian Indigenous population. Due to small cell sizes for some Postal Areas (see method in Note B), some data are missing to maintain confidentiality. This has resulted in a minor discrepancy (less than 0.01%) between the total reported here (n=453,428) and the total in ABS publications/PHIDU spreadsheets (n=455,016). C This information was calculated using 2009 ERP population data from the ABS (see Note A). * FWE – Full time Workload Equivalent

89 Sexually transmitted infections

Sexual and reproductive health is integral to supporting overall health and wellbeing. While the population of Victoria is one of the healthiest in the world, the burden of disease associated with poor sexual and reproductive health continues to increase. Sexual and reproductive health is a priority identified in the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2011-15. Teenage fertility rates, low pap screening rates and low proportion of contraceptive use all highlight the sexual and reproductive health of young women in Wellington as a significant health priority. (Gippsland Women’s Health Service – Gendered Health Indicators in Wellington Shire 2013).

Research with key stakeholders and service providers on access to family planning services completed by rural Victorian Women’s Health Services, including Gippsland Women’s Health Service, identified privacy, availability, travel and cost as the key barriers to accessing these services (Rural Services of Victorian Women’s Health Association of Victoria 2012). The Gippsland Sexual and Reproductive Health survey found similar issues including cost, privacy, wait time and lack of availability as barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health services locally. (Gippsland Women’s Health Service 2012)

Table 85: Notified cases of sexually transmitted infections per 100,000 population. (Nov 2011 to Nov 2012) Chlamydia Gonococcal Infection Syphilis Infection Wellington 309.6 6.9 2.3 Gippsland 352.7 10 2 Victoria 333 37.1 3.7 Source: Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance - Health Protection Branch, Department of Health, 2013

90

Education and Employment Education

Highest year of school completed ABS Census (2011) data indicates the proportion of the population 15 years and over (who identified themselves as non-indigenous) and completed Year 12 or equivalent was lower in Wellington LGA than the Gippsland average for both males and females. People over the age of 15 years who identify as non-indigenous and reside in Victoria are almost twice as likely (1.82 times) to complete Year 12 or equivalent if they are male compared to their Wellington counterparts. 1.4 times as many Victorian non-indigenous females complete Year 12 or equivalent compared to Wellington non- indigenous females. Across the board a higher proportion of females than males complete Year 12 or equivalent, however this is more significant for Wellington LGA, with only three quarters (75%) the proportion of males completing Year 12 compared to females.

It should be noted that a portion of the population did not state their indigenous status, and therefore are not included in this analysis (Tables 68 and 69)

Table 86: Highest year of school completed Highest year of school completed by non-Indigenous persons 2011 Wellington Gippsland Victoria Male Female Male Female Male Female Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Year 12 or equivalent 4,324 28.9% 5,815 38.5% 29,249 32.1% 37,797 39.3% 1,006,357 52.8% 1,123,107 55.3% Year 11 or equivalent 2,597 17.4% 2,718 18.0% 16,583 18.2% 16,695 17.3% 252,581 13.2% 248,345 12.2% Year 10 or equivalent 3,650 24.4% 3,146 20.8% 22,097 24.3% 19,552 20.3% 301,029 15.8% 276,023 13.6% Year 9 or equivalent 1,594 10.6% 1,377 9.1% 9,462 10.4% 8,624 9.0% 120,573 6.3% 113,608 5.6% Year 8 or below 1,365 9.1% 1,252 8.3% 8,120 8.9% 8,253 8.6% 125,218 6.6% 152,654 7.5% Did not go to school 49 0.3% 56 0.4% 381 0.4% 371 0.4% 18,413 1.0% 25,810 1.3% Highest year of school not stated 1,402 9.4% 759 5.0% 5,199 5.7% 4,987 5.2% 82,255 4.3% 92,166 4.5% Total 14,981 100 15,123 100 91,091 100 96,279 100 1,906,426 100 2,031,713 100 www.abs.gov.au

91

Figure 58: Proportion of population by educational attainment 2011. Proportion of the population by educational attainment 2011 60.00%

50.00%

40.00% Wellington Male

30.00% Wellington Female Gippsland Male Gippsland Female 20.00% Victorian Male Victorian Female 10.00%

0.00% Year 12 Year 11 Year 10 Year 9 Year 8 Did not go to school

92

Highest year of school completed - Indigenous ABS Census (2011) data indicates the proportion of the Indigenous population completing Years 11 and 12 is significantly lower than the non- Indigenous population. Census data indicates that 46.2% of Wellington non-Indigenous males had completed Years 11 or 12 or equivalent compared to 26.8% of Indigenous males residing in Wellington LGA. 66% of Victorian non-Indigenous males had completed Years 11 or 12 or equivalent compared to 39.8% of Indigenous males residing in Victoria. Comparatively, 56.5% of Wellington non-Indigenous females had completed Years 11 or 12 or equivalent compared to 36.8% of Indigenous females residing in Wellington LGA.

Table 82: Highest year of school completed by Indigenous persons Highest Year of School Completed by Indigenous persons 2011 Wellington Gipps Vic Male Female Male Female Male Female

Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Year 12 or equivalent 26 13.4 36 25 202 18.7 256 23.0% 2,872 26.1% 3,768 32.0% Year 11 or equivalent 26 13.4 17 11.8 155 14.4 168 15.1% 1,512 13.7% 1,714 14.6% Year 10 or equivalent 33 17 33 22.9 236 21.9% 256 23.0% 2,622 23.8% 2,685 22.8% Year 9 or equivalent 19 9.8 23 16 158 14.7% 163 14.6% 1,419 12.9% 1,345 11.4% Year 8 or below 16 8.2 14 9.7 134 12.4% 127 11.4% 1,128 10.2% 1,072 9.1% Did not go to school 3 1.5 0 0 19 1.8% 16 1.4% 173 1.6% 111 0.9% Highest year of school not stated 71 36.6 21 14.6 173 16.1% 127 11.4% 1,293 11.7% 1,076 9.1% Total 194 99.9 144 100 1,077 100 1,113 100 11,019 100 11,771 100

93

Figure 45: Proportion of Indigenous population by educational attainment 35 Proportion of indigenous population by educational attainment - 2011

30

25 Wellington Male

20 Wellington Female Gippsland Male 15 Gippsland Female Victoria Male 10 VictoriaFemale

5

0 Year 12 Year 11 Year 10 Year 9 Year 8 Did not go to school

94 Labour force status of persons aged 15 years and over (2011) According to ABS 2011 Census data, the proportion of 15 – 64 year olds residing in Wellington LGA working full time was comparable to that across Victoria, and slightly higher than the Gippsland figures.

A higher proportion of Wellington residents in this age group worked part time, compared to the Victorian and Gippsland proportion of population. 43% of people residing in Wellington LGA were not in the workforce, which is 3% higher than the proportion of the Victorian population in the same age group.

Table 83: Labour force status of persons aged 15 and over (2011) Labour force status of persons aged 15 - 64 years 2011 % pop. % pop. aged % pop. aged Wellington Gippsland Victoria aged 15 -64 15 -64 15 -64 Employed, worked full- 10,360 43% 50,734 39% 1,550,579 44% time (a) Employed, worked 5,485 23% 27,969 22% 750,468 20% part-time Employed, away from 869 5% 3,746 3% 93,797 4% work(b) Not in the labour force 7,452 43% 27,871 49% 836,681 40%

(a) 'Employed, worked full-time' is defined as having worked 35 hours or more in all jobs during the week prior to Census Night. (b) Comprises employed persons who did not work any hours in the week prior to Census Night. 2011 ABS Census www.abs.gov.au

95 Industry of employment According to ABS 2011 Census data, the three industries with the highest proportion of the working population in Wellington are: “Healthcare and Social Assistance”, “Agriculture, forestry and fishing”, and “retail trade”. A higher proportion of the Wellington working population work in the “Agriculture, forestry & fishing”, “mining”, and “public administration and safety” industries compared to Victoria.

Table 84: Industry of employment Industry Wellington Gippsland Victoria Agriculture, forestry & fishing 11.8 8.0 2.3 Mining 4.0 1.6 0.4 Manufacturing 7.1 8.6 10.7 Electricity, gas, water & waste services 1.9 3.1 1.1 Construction 8.5 10.6 8.3 Wholesale trade 2.0 3.0 4.5 Retail trade 11.3 11.4 10.8 Accommodation & food services 5.9 6.9 6.1 Transport, postal & warehousing 3.6 3.7 4.7 Information media & telecommunications 0.4 0.8 2.0 Financial & insurance services 1.4 1.6 4.1 Rental, hiring & real estate services 0.9 1.1 1.4 Professional, scientific & technical services 3.2 3.6 7.8 Administrative & support services 2.5 2.5 3.3 Public administration & safety 8.2 6.0 5.3 Education & training 8.1 8.1 8.0 Health care & social assistance 12.5 12.2 11.6 Arts & recreation services 1.0 1.3 1.7 Other services 3.8 3.8 3.6 Inadequately described/Not stated 2.0 2.2 2.4 2011 ABS Census www.abs.gov.au

Figure 60: Industry of Employment 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Wellington 0 Gippsland Victoria

96 Proportion of labour force by occupation According to ABS 2011 Census data, the top three occupations for Wellington residents at the time of the Census survey were: “Managers”, “Technicians and Trades Workers” and “Professionals”. Wellington has a higher proportion of the labour force who are “managers” than Victoria, and a significantly lower proportion of the working population employed as “professionals”.

Table 85: Proportion of labour force by occupation 2011 Proportion of labour force by occupation 2011 Wellington Gippsland Victoria Managers 17.6 15.2 13.5 Professionals 15.6 15.4 22.8 Technicians and trades workers 16.9 17.3 14.2 Community and personal service workers 10.6 10.3 9.5 Clerical and administrative workers 11.0 11.8 14.7 Sales workers 8.8 9.7 9.9 Machinery operators and drivers 7.1 7.3 6.2 Labourers 12.4 12.9 9.2 2011 ABS Census www.abs.gov.au

Figure 61: Proportion of labour force by occupation 2011 25

20

15

10

5 Wellington 0 Gippsland Victoria

97 School Qualification According to ABS 2011 Census data a higher proportion of non-Indigenous Wellington residents who reported their level of qualification have a university degree compared to Indigenous residents who reported their qualification level in the 2011 Census. However, a significantly higher number of Indigenous residents across all age categories did not state their qualification level.

Table 86: Qualification level of Wellington residents by age & Indigenous status 2011 (number) Qualification level of Wellington residents by age & Indigenous status 2011 (number) Indigenous Non-Indigenous University Certificate or Level of education University Certificate Level of education Degree Diploma not stated Degree or Diploma not stated 15 -19 years 0 3 16 3 167 207 20-24 years 0 7 12 167 749 171 25-34 years 3 20 34 770 1,708 472 35-44 years 7 22 15 657 1,789 408 45-54 years 9 11 14 700 2,049 363 55-64 years 0 7 6 661 1,748 470 65 years and over 0 4 6 307 1,301 956 Total 19 74 103 3,265 9,511 3,047 ABS - Census 2011 www.abs.gov.au

Table 87: Qualification level of Wellington residents by age & Indigenous status 2011 (percentage) Qualification level of Wellington residents by age & Indigenous status 2011 (percentage) Indigenous Non-Indigenous Level of Level of University Certificate or education not University Certificate education Degree Diploma stated Degree or Diploma not stated 15 -19 years 0.0 15.8 84.2 0.8 44.3 54.9 20-24 years 0.0 36.8 63.2 15.4 68.9 15.7 25-34 years 5.3 35.1 59.6 26.1 57.9 16.0 35-44 years 15.9 50.0 34.1 23.0 62.7 14.3 45-54 years 26.5 32.4 41.2 22.5 65.8 11.7 55-64 years 0.0 53.8 46.2 23.0 60.7 16.3 65 years and over 0.0 40.0 60.0 12.0 50.7 37.3 ABS - Census 2011 www.abs.gov.au

98 Unemployment Rates The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) December 2011 small area labour market figures indicate there were 1,015 persons unemployed in Wellington LGA in the December 2011 quarter. Every Wellington SLA experienced a slight decrease in the unemployment rate from December 2010 to December 2011.

Table 88: DEEWR unemployment rates Wellington December 2010 and December 2011 Statistical Local Unemployment Unemployment Unemployment Unemployment Labour Areas (SLAs) Rate (%) December 2010 Rate (%) December 2011 Force December 2010 December 2011 December 2011 Wellington (S) - 4.3 143 3.4 114 3,397 Alberton Wellington (S) - 3.2 88 3.0 82 2,770 Avon Wellington (S) - 4.3 266 3.9 247 6,361 Maffra Wellington (S) - 4.2 175 3.9 166 4,282 Rosedale Wellington (S) - 5.3 431 4.9 406 8,345 Sale Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Small Area Labour Markets Data http://www.deewr.gov.au/Employment/LMI/Pages/SALM.aspx

99 Crime and Safety Statistics on crime are released from the Victoria Police each year. Personal crime is the rate of offences committed against the person per 100,000 people. Property crime is the rate of crimes committed against property per 100,000 properties.

The 2013 – 2014 figures reflect that at 1,824.2 per 100,000 people, Wellington has a similar rate of personal crime reported when compared to the wider Division 6 of the Eastern Region at 1,825.5 per 100,000 people. Both of these figures represent a significantly higher rate of this type of crime than for Victoria as a whole, at 1034.5 per 100,000 people. The Eastern Region – Division 6 includes both LGAs of Wellington and East Gippsland.

In terms of property crimes, at 5,614.5 per 100,000 people there are more of these types of crimes reported in Wellington than in the wider Division 6 – Eastern region at 4,764.8 per 100,00 people, which is similar to Victoria as a whole at 4,721.4 per 100,00 people.

While the incidence of the personal crimes of homicide, assault, rape and non-rape sex occurred at a higher rate in Wellington than for the State of Victoria during this period, the incidence of robbery was significantly lower.

It is also of note that in Wellington the property crimes of burglary occur at and above the Victorian rate, particularly in the category of burglary (other) occurring in Wellington at the rate of 418.3 per 100,000 as opposed to Victoria where the occurrence is 263.3 per 100,000.

Table 89: Offences (crimes against the person) Offences - crimes against the person – Rate per 100,000 2013-2014

Eastern Region – Wellington Division 6 (East Victoria Gipps. & Wellington)

Homicide 9.5 5.8 2.9 Rape 54.3 37.3 37.0 Sex (non - rape) 285.9 211.1 128.9 Robbery 4.7 17.5 44.7 Assault 1460.3 1544.3 810.1 Abduction/kidnap 9.5 9.3 10.9 Total 1,824.2 1825.5 1034.5 Victoria Police, Crime Statistics: http://www.police.vic.gov.au

100

Figure 62: Incidence of personal crime 2013-2014 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 Wellington Eastern Region – Division 6 Victoria (E/Gipps & Wellington)

Table 90: Offences (crime against property) Offences – crime against property - Rate per 100,000 2013-2014 Eastern Region – Division 6 Wellington Victoria (E/Gippsland & Wellington) Arson 85.1 92.1 48.7 Property damage 1,120.1 1,203.8 758.6 Burglary (aggravated) 33.1 49.0 45.7 Burglary (residential) 557.7 409.4 492.4 Burglary (other) 418.3 300.9 263.3 Deception 612.0 394.3 565.3 Handle stolen goods 189.0 137.6 174.4 Theft from motor vehicle 737.3 591.4 837.6 Theft (shop steal) 217.4 248.4 359.8 Theft of motor vehicle 151.2 120.1 281.8 Theft of bicycle 106.3 81.6 86.4 Theft (other) 1387.1 1136.10 807.4 Total 5,614.5 4,764.8 4,721.4 Victoria Police, Crime Statistics: http://www.police.vic.gov.au

Figure 63: Incidence of property crime 2013-2014 6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0 Wellington Eastern Region – Division 6 Victoria (E/Gipps & Wellington)

101 Crime rate trends According to the Victorian Police Crime Statistics, the rate of reported incidents of homicide, rape, sex (non-rape), and abduction all increased in Wellington LGA from 2012/2013 to 2013/2014. There was a minor decrease (4.8%) in the number of assaults. During the same period, the number of reported robberies (crime against the person) reduced from 14 cases in 2012-2013, to 2 in 2013-2014, representing a rate of 4.7 per 100,000 population.

Victoria Police, Police Service Areas (PSA) are divided into four (4) regions. Gippsland sits within Eastern Region. Eastern Region is divided into six Divisions. Bass Coast, South Gippsland, Baw Baw and Latrobe fit within Division 5, whilst Wellington and East Gippsland fit within Division 6.

Division 6 experienced an increase of 47.9% in sex (non-rape) between 2012/2013 and 2013/2014, and an increase in rape of 22.7%. A 5% increase in assault was recorded during this time, whereas the reported assault figures for Wellington LGA in fact decreased at a similar rate (-4.8%).

Table 91: Crime rate trends (crimes against the person) – Wellington Shire Wellington LGA - crimes against person Offences Recorded Rate Per 100,000 population % 2012/2013 2013/2014 % change 2012/2013 2013/2014 change Homicide 0 4 … 0.0 9.5 … Rape 14 23 … 33.1 54.3 … Sex (non-rape) 69 121 75.4 163.1 285.9 75.3 Robbery 14 2 … 33.1 4.7 … Assault 649 618 -4.8 1,534.5 1,460.3 -4.8 Abduction/kidnap 2 4 … 4.7 9.5 … Total 748 772 3.2 1,768.6 1,824.2 3.1 Note: … % changes are not displayed when values are too small to draw any meaningful conclusions.

Table 92: Crime rate trends (crimes against person) – Eastern Region (Division 6) Eastern Region (Division 6)* Offences Recorded Rate Per 100,000 population % % 2012/2013 2013/2014 2012/2013 2013/2014 change change Homicide 2 5 … 2.3 5.8 … Rape 26 32 23.1 30.4 37.3 22.7 Sex (non-rape) 122 181 48.4 142.8 211.1 47.9 Robbery 22 15 … 25.7 17.5 … Assault 1,257 1,324 5.3 1,471.8 1,544.3 5.0 Abduction/kidnap 7 8 … 8.2 9.3 … Total 1,436 1,565 9.0 1,680.4 1,825.5 8.6

102

Table 93: Crime rate trends (crimes against the person) – Victoria Victoria - Crimes against the person Offences Recorded Rate Per 100,000 population 2012/2013 2013/2014 % change 2012/2013 2013/2014 % change Homicide 176 167 -5.1 3.1 2.9 -6.9 Rape 2,067 2,144 3.7 36.4 37.0 1.8 Sex (non-rape) 6,817 7,467 9.5 120.00 128.9 7.5 Robbery 2,828 2,587 -8.5 49.8 44.7 -10.2 Assault 46,123 46,912 1.7 811.6 810.1 -0.2 Abduction/kidnap 691 630 -8.8 12.2 10.9 -10.5 Total 58,702 59,907 2.1 1,032.9 1,034.5 0.2

Figure 64: Rate of offences against person recorded 2013/2014 (per 100,000 population) 1800

1600

1400

1200

1000

800 Wellington

600 Eastern Region Division 6 400 Victoria 200

0

103 Table 94: Crime rate trends (crimes against property) – Wellington LGA Wellington LGA - crimes against property Offences Recorded Rate Per 100,000 population % % 2012/2013 2013/2014 2012/2013 2013/2014 change change Arson 67 36 -46.3 158.4 85.1 -46.3 Property damage 502 474 -5.6 1,186.9 1120.1 -5.6 Burglary (aggravated) 31 14 … 73.3 33.1 … Burglary (residential) 299 236 -21.1 707.0 557.7 -21.1 Burglary (other) 200 177 -11.5 472.9 418.3 -11.6 Deception 111 259 133.3 262.4 612.0 133.2 Handle stolen goods 50 80 60.0 118.2 189.0 59.9 Theft from motor vehicle 308 312 1.3 728.2 737.3 1.2 Theft (shop steal) 84 92 9.5 198.6 217.4 9.5 Theft of motor vehicle 75 64 -14.7 177.3 151.2 -14.7 Theft of bicycle 67 45 -32.8 158.4 106.3 -32.9 Theft (other) 400 587 46.8 945.8 1,387.1 46.7 Total 2,194 2,376 8.3 5,187.5 5,614.5 8.2 Victoria Police, Crime Statistics: http://www.police.vic.gov.au

Table 95: Crime rate trends (crimes against property) – Eastern Region Division 6 Eastern Region (Division 6) Offences Recorded Rate Per 100,000 population % % 2012/2013 2013/2014 2012/2013 2013/2014 change change Arson 107 79 -26.2 125.2 92.1 -26.4 Property damage 1,129 1,032 -8.6 1,321.2 1,203.8 -8.9 Burglary (aggravated) 59 42 -28.8 69.0 49.0 -29.0 Burglary (residential) 466 351 -24.7 545.3 409.4 -24.9 Burglary (other) 339 258 -23.9 396.7 300.9 -24.1 Deception 200 338 69.0 234.0 394.3 68.5 Handle stolen goods 95 118 24.2 111.2 137.6 23.8 Theft from motor vehicle 633 507 -19.9 740.7 591.4 -20.2 Theft (shop steal) 202 213 5.4 236.4 248.4 5.1 Theft of motor vehicle 113 103 -8.8 132.2 120.1 -9.1 Theft of bicycle 110 70 -36.4 128.7 81.6 -36.6 Theft (other) 877 974 11.1 1,026.3 1,136.1 10.7 Total 4,330 4,085 -5.7 5,067.1 4,764.8 -6.0

104

Table 96: Crime rate trends (property crimes) – Victoria Victoria - property crimes Offences Recorded Rate Per 100,000 population

2012/2013 2013/2014 % change 2012/2013 2013/2014 % change

Arson 3,315 2,818 -15.0 58.3 48.7 -16.6 Property damage 45,573 43,928 -3.6 801.9 758.6 -5.4 Burglary (aggravated) 2,726 2,647 -2.9 48.0 45.7 -4.7 Burglary (residential) 28,893 28,515 -1.3 508.4 492.4 -3.1 Burglary (other) 15,100 15,248 1.0 265.7 263.3 -0.9 Deception 27,687 32,734 18.2 487.2 565.3 16.0 Handle stolen goods 8,351 10,099 20.9 146.9 174.4 18.7 Theft from Motor vehicle 42,957 48,506 12.9 755.9 837.6 10.8 Theft (shop steal) 20,760 20,836 0.4 365.3 359.8 -1.5 Theft of motor vehicle 14,669 16,320 11.3 258.1 281.8 9.2 Theft of bicycle 4,660 5,006 7.4 82.0 86.4 5.4 Theft (other) 51,825 46,756 -9.8 911.9 807.4 -11.5 Total 266,516 273,413 2.6 4,689.6 4,721.4 0.7 Victoria Police, Crime Statistics: http://www.police.vic.gov.au ---- % changes are not displayed when values are too small to draw any meaningful conclusions.

Figure 65: Crime rate trends (property crimes) 2013/2014 per 100,000 population 1600 1400 1200 1000 800

600 Wellington 400 Eastern Region - 200 Division 6 0 Victoria

105 Family Incident Reports Wellington Family Incident Reports have increased steadily over the past 3 years. There has also been a notable increase for both the Eastern Region (Division 6) and Victoria, in Family Incident Reports. Between the period of 2011/2012 and 2013/2014, Wellington LGA saw an increase of 14.5% in the reporting of incidents, while the rate in the Eastern Region (Division 6) rose by 27% and Victoria 21%.

Table 97: Family incidents reports Family incidents reports. Rate per 100,000 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 Where Where Where Where Where Where Family IVO* Family IVO* Family IVO* Charges Charges Charges Incidents applied Incidents applied Incidents applied Laid Laid Laid for for for Wellington 1,293.1 677.5 209.2 1,361.9 704.6 267.2 1,512.3 848.3 342.6 Victoria Police Eastern 1,393.5 711.5 274.5 1,652.2 812.1 311.3 1,912.9 1,097.6 393.1 Region (Division 6) Victoria Total 894.6 322.6 155.3 1,065.4 453.0 183.8 1,129.2 507.7 192.4 Victoria Police, Crime Stats http://www.police.vic.gov.au/ * According to Section 31 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008, a family violence safety notice (FVSN) is taken to be an application for a family violence intervention order (IVO). Victoria Police keeps separate statistics on IVOs and FVSNs so no double counting occurs. However, for an accurate picture of IVOs in an area, the two figures have been combined. Note that family violence safety notices were introduced on 8 December 2008.

VicHealth Community Indicators 2011 survey measured the proportion of residents who reported being prepared to intervene in a situation of domestic violence. 93.1% of Wellington residents indicated they would be prepared to intervene in a situation of domestic violence, which is equal to the state average.

Table 103: Prepared to intervene in a situation of family violence Wellington% Victoria% Prepared to intervene in a situation of domestic violence 93.1 93.1 VicHealth Community Indicators 2011.

Women with physical and cognitive disabilities experience higher rates of intimate partner violence than those without disabilities (Brownridge 2006).

106 Youth Justice System

Offence Type The Department of Human Services, Gippsland Region undertook a data analysis of 132 clients who had active involvement with Youth Justice during the month of January 2012. The following data is sourced from their research.

Table 98: Youth justice Gippsland client offence type Youth Justice Gippsland Client Offence Type Number % Property offences 1748 63.63 Violent offences 523 19.04 Sexual offences 12 0.44 Traffic /driving offences 252 9.17 Fail to answer bail 53 1.93 Drug/alcohol related offences 51 1.86 Nuisance offences 67 2.44 Breach of non Y J order 15 0.55 Deception offences 26 0.95

Figure 46: Youth justice Gippsland client offence type Youth Justice Gippsland Client Offence Type 2000 1800

1600

1400 1200 1000 800

600 Numberof Offences 400 200

0

order

offences

offences

Traffic/driving

Sexual offences

Violent offences

Breachof non Y J

Propertyoffences

Fail to answer bail

Nuisanceoffences Deceptionoffences Drug/alcoholrelated

107 Youth Offenders by Gender Proportionately, Gippsland had a higher percentage of female offenders at the time of data collection. The proportion of Gippsland offenders was 1.53 times that for Victoria

Table 99: Youth offenders by gender Youth offenders by gender Figure 47: YouYouthth offenders byBy gender % Gippsland Victoria % % 100 Female 23 15 Male 77 85 50 Female Male 0 Gippsland % Victoria %

Current age of active youth justice clients - Gippsland Table 100: Current age of active youth justice clients - Gippsland Current age of active youth justice clients - Gippsland Age (Years) No. of Clients 13 8 14 5 15 17 16 27 17 29 18 32 19 9 20 6 22 1

Figure 48: Current age of active youth justice clients – Gippsland Current age of active youth justice clients - Gippsland

35 30 25 20 15

No.of Clients 10 5 0 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 Age (Years)

108 Client Indigenous status Just over three quarters of youth justice clients at January 2012 were of non-indigenous status.

Table 101: Youth justice Gippsland client Indigenous status

Youth Justice Gippsland Client Indigenous Status % Aboriginal 23 Aboriginal & TSI 1 Not Aboriginal or TSI 76

Figure 49: Youth justice Gippsland client Indigenous status Youth Justice Gippsland Client Indigenous Status 80 70

60

50 40

30 Percentage 20 10 0 Aboriginal Aboriginal & TSI Not Aboriginal or TSI

Clients diagnosed with an intellectual disability The majority of youth justice clients as at January 2012 did not have a diagnosed intellectual disability.

Table 102: Clients diagnosed with an intellectual disability Youth Justice Gippsland Clients diagnosed with an intellectual disability % No 82 Yes 15 Unknown 3

Figure 50: Clients diagnosed with an intellectual disability Youth Justice Gippsland Clients diagnosed with an intellectual disability 100

80 60 40

Percentage 20 0 No Yes Unknown

109

Resident location by LGA The majority of youth justice clients in January 2012 resided in Latrobe.

Table 103: Youth justice Gippsland client resident location by LGA Youth Justice Gippsland Client Resident location by LGA % Bass Coast 10 South Gippsland 3 Baw Baw 7 Latrobe 54 Wellington 8 East Gippsland 11 Out of Region 7

Figure 71: Youth justice Gippsland client resident location by LGA Youth Justice Gippsland Client Resident location by LGA 60

50

40

30 Percentage 20

10

0 Bass Coast South Baw Baw Latrobe Wellington East Out of Gippsland Gippsland Region

110

Road Accidents

Fatal road accidents Wellington Shire recorded 6 road fatalities for the 12 months from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013. Latrobe City in comparison had 7 deaths during the same period and East Gippsland had 3 deaths for this period.

Table 104: Road fatalities 2013

Bicyclists Driver Motorcyclist Passenger Pedestrian Total

Wellington 0 4 0 2 0 6 Transport Accident Commission statistics www.tacsafety.com.au

Serious injuries involving > 14 days of hospitalisation – road users In the period 1 January – 31 December 2013, there were 7 serious injuries involving a stay in hospital longer than 14 days in Wellington LGA as a result of transport accidents. All of these serious injuries related to motor vehicles, with 57% of injuries sustained by drivers and 43% of injuries sustained by passengers.

Table 105: Serious injuries Bicyclist Driver Motorcyclist Passenger Pedestrian Total Wellington 0 4 0 3 0 7 Transport Accident Commission statistics www.tacsafety.com.au

111

Transport

According to ABS 2011 Census data, Wellington residents travel to work via a number of modes, although most commonly in a car (as driver). Compared with Victorian figures, significantly more Victorians travel to work via train than their Gippsland and Wellington counterparts.

Table 106: Method of travel to work for Wellington residents: Single mode 2011 Number of people using single mode of transport Wellington % Gippsland % Victoria % Bicycle 217 1.7 747 0.9 30913 1.6 Bus 82 0.6 519 0.6 26509 1.4 Car as driver 11,018 85.5 70971 87.4 1554490 82.0 Car as passenger 947 7.3 5819 7.2 116099 6.1 Motorbike/scooter 115 0.9 466 0.6 10645 0.6 Taxi 29 0.2 139 0.2 4887 0.3 Train 16 0.1 509 0.6 120234 6.3 Truck 147 1.1 1072 1.3 20122 1.1 Other 320 2.5 987 1.2 12403 0.7 total 12891 - 81229 - 1896302 -

Of the 15,665 Wellington dwellings which were inhabited on the 2011 Census night, approximately one third had one motor vehicle, and just over one third had two motor vehicles at the dwelling.

943 (6.02%) of Wellington dwellings had no motor vehicle. This is a lower proportion of the dwellings compared to Victoria, which reported 8.43% of dwellings with no vehicles on census night 2011.

Table 107: Number of motor vehicles per dwelling: 2011 Number of motor vehicles per dwelling - 2011 Wellington Latrobe- Victoria Gippsland SLA No motor vehicles 943 6,287 164,030 One motor vehicle 5,219 34,083 673,940 Two motor vehicles 5,726 36,452 720,288 Three motor vehicles 2,122 12,287 218,734 Four or more motor vehicles 1,120 6,233 108,531 No. of motor vehicle not 535 3,468 59,165 stated Total 15,665 98,810 1,944,688

112 Table 108: Percentage of motor vehicles per dwelling: 2011 Percentage of motor vehicles per dwelling - 2011 Wellington Latrobe- Victoria Gippsland SLA No motor vehicles 6.02 6.36 8.43 One motor vehicle 33.32 34.49 34.66 Two motor vehicles 36.55 36.89 37.04 Three motor vehicles 13.55 12.43 11.25 Four or more motor vehicles 7.15 6.31 5.58 No. of motor vehicle not stated 3.42 3.51 3.04 Total 100 100 100

Figure 72: Percentage of motor vehicles per dwelling 2011 Percentage of motor vehicles per dwelling 2011 40 35 30 No motor vehicles 25 One motor vehicle 20 Two motor vehicles 15 Three motor vehicles 10 Four or more motor vehicles 5 No. of motor vehicle not stated 0 Wellington Latrobe-Gippsland Victoria SLA

The Gippsland Low Carbon Growth Plan in 2011 stated that, “People in Gippsland also own more cars than average, and own their vehicles for longer, due to limited access to public transport across the region and the need therefore to keep more cars in the family to service the needs of everyone in the household”. This information is based on the 2008 Motor vehicle census completed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The motor vehicle census was completed again in 2011 and there were similar findings.

113 Transport Limitations According to the Community Indicators Survey 2007, approximately 20.3% of Wellington residents experience transport limitations in day to day life. This is on par with Victoria as a whole and fractionally less than Gippsland.

Table 109: Experience of transport limitations in day-to-day life as percentage of population: 2007

Wellington Gippsland Victoria

Percentage of population 20.3 20.6 20.3 http://www.communityindicators.net.au/wellbeing_reports/wellington

Figure 73: Experience of transport limitations in day-to-day life. Experience of transport limitations in day to day life. 20.8

20.6

20.4

Percentage ofpopn. 20.2

20.0 Wellington Gippsland Victoria http://www.communityindicators.net.au/wellbeing_reports/wellington

28.8% of women in Wellington experience transport limitations. (Men = 17.3%) Source: VicHealth Indicators Survey 2011.

In 2009, 11.4 per cent of adolescents in Gippsland Region felt that lack of access to transport impacted on their ability to work, study, see a doctor or socialise. This was higher than, but not significantly different to that reported across Rural Victoria (10.5 per cent). This would equate to 554 adolescents in Wellington having lack of access to transport that impacts on their ability to work, study, see a doctor or socialise. Source: DEECD Adolescent Community Profile – Wellington 2010 Housing Social Housing According to 2011 Census figures a higher proportion of Indigenous persons residing in Wellington LGA were living in social housing compared to Indigenous persons throughout Victoria.

114 Table 110: Social housing (numbers) Cooperative / State or Territory All Rented Total Households Community / Housing Authority Households (rented and other) Church Group Non- Non- Non- Non- Indigenous Indigenous Indigenous Indigenous All Indigenous Indigenous Indigenous Indigenous Wellington 47 423 4 76 125 3,464 242 15,424 15,666 Victoria 3215 51,551 481 8,352 9,895 505,692 18,317 1,926,373 1,944,690 www.abs.gov.au

Table 111: Social housing (percentages) Cooperative / State or Territory All Rented Community / Total Households Housing Authority Households Church Group

Non- Non- Indigenou Non- Indigenou Non- Indigenous Indigenous Indigenous Indigenous s Indigenous s Indigenous All % % % % % % % % Wellington .30 2.70 0.02 0.5 .80 22.1 1.5 98.5 100 Victoria 0.20 2.65 0.02 .43 0.50 26.0 0.94 99.06 100 www.abs.gov.au

Yarram, Sale and Maffra have higher than the Victorian average of public housing dwellings. Source: Change and Disadvantage in the Gippsland Region DPCD March 2011

Dwelling Structures According to ABS 2011 Census data, the vast majority of households live in a separate house, with the second most common dwelling being a ‘flat, unit or apartment” then a “semi detached, row or terrace house, townhouse”. This trend is true for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons, throughout Wellington LGA and Victoria.

Table 112: Dwelling structure of non-Indigenous households 2011 Dwelling Structure of non-Indigenous households 2011 Other dwellings Semi- detached, Improvised House or row or Flat, unit Caravan, home, flat Total Separate Not Total Area terrace or cabin or tent, attached other house stated dwellings house, apartment houseboat sleepers to a shop, dwellings townhouse out office, etc. etc. Wellington 14,113 602 554 92 13 44 149 6 15,424 Victoria 1,481,186 184,467 248,435 6871 451 4,175 11,497 788 1,926,373 www.abs.gov.au

Table 119: Dwelling structure of non-Indigenous household 2011 (%) Dwelling Structure of non-Indigenous households 2011 (%) Other Dwelling House or Semi-detached, Flat, unit Caravan, Improvised flat Total Separate row or terrace Total Area or cabin or home, tent, attached to other Not stated house house, dwellings apartment houseboat sleepers out a shop, dwellings townhouse etc. office, etc. Wellington 91.5 3.9 3.6 0.6 0.1 0.3 1.0 0.0 100.0 Victoria 76.9 9.6 12.9 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.0 100.0

115 www.abs.gov.au

Table 113: Dwelling structure of households with Indigenous persons 2011 (number) Dwelling Structure of households with Indigenous persons 2011 (number) Other Dwelling House or Semi-detached, Flat, Caravan, Improvised flat Separate row or terrace unit or Total other Total Area cabin or home, tent, attached to Not stated house house, apartm dwellings dwellings houseboat sleepers out a shop, townhouse etc ent office, etc.

Wellington 225 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 242 Victoria 14,783 1268 2,058 160 6 33 199 9 18,317 www.abs.gov.au

Table 114: Dwelling structure of households with Indigenous persons 2011 (%) Dwelling Structure of households with Indigenous persons 2011 (%) Other Dwelling Area Separate Semi- Flat, unit Caravan, Improvised House or Total Not Total house detached, or cabin or home, tent, flat other stated dwellings row or apartment houseboat sleep out attached to dwellings terrace a shop, house, office, etc. townhouse etc. Wellington 92.98 3.31 3.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Victoria 80.71 6.92 11.24 0.87 0.03 0.18 1.09 0.05 100.00 www.abs.gov.au

Average Household Size At the time of the ABS 2011 Census, the average household size across Wellington LGA varied from 1.8 persons in both Dargo and Loch Sport to 3 persons in Wurruk. Dargo, Loch Sport and Port Albert all have a higher percentage of lone person households compared to the other towns in Wellington LGA.

Table 115: Average household size www.abs.gov.au Average Household Area size Briagolong 2.5 Dargo 1.8 East Sale 1.9 Gormandale 2.5 Heyfield 2.4 Loch Sport 1.8 Maffra 2.4 Port Albert 1.9 Rosedale 2.5 Sale 2.3 Stratford 2.5 Toongabbie 2.6 Wurruk 3 Yarram 2.2 Gippsland 2.4 Victoria 2.6

116 Renting

Median rent At the time of the ABS 2011 Census, the average residential rent varied across Wellington LGA from $134 per week in Wurruk to $195 per week in Sale. The median rent in Sale was higher than the median for Wellington as a whole and for the Gippsland area but $82 per week lower than the average rent per week in Victoria.

The median rent for Wellington was significantly lower than for Victoria.

Table 116: Median rent Median Rent ($ per week) 2011

Area Median Rent Briagolong 150 Dargo 150 East Sale 140 Gormandale 100 Heyfield 155 Loch Sport 150 Maffra 170 Port Albert 180 Rosedale 150 Sale 195 Stratford 165 Toongabbie 185 Wurruk 134 Yarram 160 Wellington 170 Gippsland 180 Victoria 277 www.abs.gov.au

Figure 74: Median Rent (2011) per week 300

250

200

150

100

50

0

117 Housing Payments Median house loan repayment In 2011 at the time of the ABS 2011 Census, the highest median home loan repayment for towns in Wellington was for Dargo at $1,650 which is higher than both the Wellington and Gippsland median and only lower than the Victorian median by $50. The lowest median repayment was for Loch Sport at $563, approximately 46% of the Wellington average and even further below the Gippsland and Victorian averages.

Table 117: Median home loan repayment Median home loan repayment ($ per month) 2011 Median loan Area repayment Briagolong 1,107 Dargo 1,650 East Sale 856 Gormandale 1,200 Heyfield 975 Loch Sport 563 Maffra 1,200 Port Albert 997 Rosedale 1,083 Sale 1,300 Stratford 1,300 Toongabbie 1,200 Wurruk 1,733 Yarram 1,005 Wellington 1,213 Gippsland 1,300 Victoria 1,700 www.abs.gov.au

Figure 51: Median home loan repayments Median home loan repayments 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0

118 Home Internet Access Home internet access was measured in the 2011 ABSS Census. 70% of households in Wellington and Gippsland had internet access, compared with 77% of households statewide. 63% of Wellington LGA households had broadband connections at home, compared to 70% of Victorian households.

Figure 52: Internet in homes Internet in Homes

78 76 74 72 Wellington 70 Gippsland 68 Victoria 66 64

% of housholdswith internetaccess 62 Wellington Gippsland Victoria

Figure 53: Broadband in Homes Broadband in Homes 75

70

65 Wellington Gippsland 60 connection Victoria

55 %of households withbroadband 50 Wellington Gippsland Victoria

Loch Sport and Port Albert have lowest numbers of households without access to the internet across Wellington Shire. Source: Change and Disadvantage in the Gippsland Region DPCD March 2011

119 SEIFA Index of Relative Socio‐economic Disadvantage

The ABS has developed four indices to allow ranking of regions/areas, providing a method of determining the level of social and economic well -being in each region; The Socio-Economic Indices for Areas (SEIFA).

Each of the four indices summarise different aspects of the socio-economic conditions of people living in an area; each is based upon a different set of social and economic information from the 2006 Census. The indices provide more general measures of socio-economic status than is given by measuring, for example, income or unemployment alone2.

Areas are ranked on a continuum of advantage – disadvantage. A lower score indicates that an area is relatively disadvantaged compared to an area with a higher score. Areas are ranked within their State, and within Australia as a whole.

Based on data from the 2011 ABS census, the municipality of Wellington has an index of 975, which ranks it as number 25 (out of 80 LGAs) in level of disadvantage amongst the municipalities of Victoria – placing it amongst the most disadvantaged 31% of municipalities in the state.

Wellington municipality was ranked 39 in 2001. Wellington has become more disadvantaged since 2001. Note: 1 = most disadvantaged. 80=least disadvantaged

Source: Social Statistics

Table 125 below shows the towns across Wellington that are ranked higher in disadvantage than Wellington Shire as a whole.

Table 118: 2011 Index of relative socio-economic disadvantage of towns in Wellington Shire Suburb Rank % most disadvantaged Golden Beach 24 2% Loch Sport 25 2% Port Albert 76 6% Heyfield 96 7% Yarram 113 8% Seaspray 121 8% Robertson’s Beach 133 8% Alberton 142 10% Rosedale 180 12% Woodside 189 13% Dargo 191 13% Wurruk 237 16% Fernbank 273 18% Sale 341 23% Newry 381 26% Note: Lowest score of 1 = most disadvantaged. Highest score of 1516 = least disadvantaged.

2 ABS, SEIFA website.

120 Golden Beach is the most disadvantaged town within Wellington Shire.

The Index of Education and Occupation includes Census variables relating to the educational attainment, employment and vocational skills.

Table 119: 2006 Index of education & occupation 2006 Index of Education & Occupation

2006 Local Government Ranking within Victoria Ranking within Australia Area name (LGA)

Score Rank Decile Percentile Rank Decile Percentile Wellington (S) 950 22 3 28 337 6 51 www.abs.gov.au

Index of Economic Resources focuses on financial aspects of advantage and disadvantage, using Census variables relating to residents' incomes, housing expenditure and assets.

Table 120: 2006 Index of economic resources 2006 Index of Economic Resources

2006 Local Government Ranking within Victoria Ranking within Australia Area name (LGA) Score Rank Decile Percentile Rank Decile Percentile Wellington (S) 971 28 4 35 294 5 45 www.abs.gov.au

121 VicHealth Indicators Wellbeing: The VicHealth 2011Community Indicators survey indicates that Wellington residents report a slightly higher level of subjective wellbeing than their Victorian counterparts.

Table 121: Subjective Wellbeing 2011 Wellington% Victoria% Subjective Wellbeing 79.6 77.5

Figure 54: Subjective Wellbeing 80 79.5 79 78.5 78 Wellington 77.5 Victoria 77 76.5 76 Subjective Wellbeing

Work, life and time: According to the VicHealth 2011Community Indicators survey, a higher proportion of Wellington residents (compared to Victorian residents) report having adequate work life balance, with fewer residents commuting more than 2 hours per day, getting inadequate sleep and feeling time pressured.

Table 122: Work, Life and Time Indicators 2011 Wellington% Victoria% Long Commute (>2 hours per day) 3.2 11.6 Inadequate sleep (<7 hours per weekday) 30 31.5 Lack time of friends/family 24.5 27.4 Time pressure 36.7 41.3 Adequate work-life balance 57.8 53.1 VicHealth 2011Community Indicators Survey

Figure 79: Work, Life and Time Indicators 2011 70 60 50 40 30 Wellington 20 Victoria 10 0 Long Commute Inadequate Lack time of Time pressure Adequate work- (>2 hours per sleep (<7 hours friends/family life balance day) per weekday)

122 Green space and safety According to the VicHealth Indicators survey 2011, Wellington residents were less likely to visit a green space more than once per week compared to Victorians as a whole. Wellington residents’ perceptions of safety both during the day and at night were slightly higher than across Victoria.

Table 123: Green Space and Safety Indicators Wellington% Victoria% Visit to green space (> once per week) 43.1 50.7 Perceptions of safety - walking alone during day 98.9 97 Perceptions of safety - walking alone during night 72.6 70.3

Figure 55: Green Space and Safety Indicators 120

100

80

60 Wellington 40 Victoria 20

0 Visit to green Perceptions of Perceptions of space (> once safety - walking safety - walking per week) alone during day alone during night

Community engagement According to VicHealth 2011 Community Indicators survey, a higher proportion of Wellington residents volunteered more than once per month, and participated in citizen engagement activities compared to Victorian residents as a whole.

Table 124: Community Engagement Indicators 2011 Wellington% Victoria% Volunteering (> once per month) 39.7 34.3 Participation in citizen engagement (in the last year) 56.3 50.5

Figure 81: Community Engagement Indicators 2011 60 50 40

30 Wellington 20 Victoria 10 0 Volunteering (> once per Participation in citizen month) engagement (in the last year)

123

Arts and new media According to the VicHealth 2011 Community Indicators survey, just over half Wellington residents attended an arts activity in the 3months prior to the survey, and just under 30% had made or created arts/crafts during that time.

Fewer Wellington residents (compared to Victorian residents) had internet at home, and used social networking to organise time with friends and /or family.

Table 125: Arts and New Media Indicators Wellington% Victoria% Attended arts activities or events (in the last 3 months) 52.8 63.6 Made or created art/crafts (in the last 3 months) 29.9 34.9 Internet access at home 83.9 88.8 Social networking used to organise time with friends/family 29.4 35.1

Figure 82: Arts and New Media Indicators 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 Wellington 10 0 Victoria Attended arts Made or Internet access Social activities or created at home networking events (in the art/crafts (in used to last 3 months) the last 3 organise time months) with friends/family

124 Data sources

Table 126: Data sources Data Source Link Adolescent Health Department of http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions Education and Early /children/vcams/adolescent_Community_profiles. Childhood Development htm – Wellington Adolescent Community Profile

Mental Health in http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/health- Gippsland – The size and documents- distribution of the bycategory?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=size- problem and-distribution-of-problem

Alcohol use Gippsland Health Online http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/doc/6EA244C0 32EB00BBCA257878001784B5/$FILE/IHS107.pdf

DEECD Adolescent http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/research/ Community Profile – Pages/reportdataadolescent.aspx Wellington 2010

Ambulatory Care Department of Health http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/admin Sensitive Victoria /acsc/index.htm Conditions (ACSC) Auslan Sign Vicdeaf www.vicdeaf.com.au/content.asp?cid=18&t=resea Language usage in rch the Community Australian Early The Social Research http://maps.aedi.org.au/lga/vic/26810 Development Index Centre, Melbourne & (AEDI) Partners Benefit Recipients Public Health http://www.publichealth.gov.au/interactive- Information mapping/a-social-health-atlas-of-australia_- Development Unit- 2011.html Social Atlas of Health Breast Cancer Public Health http://www.publichealth.gov.au/interactive- Screening Information mapping/a-social-health-atlas-of-australia_- Development Unit- 2011.html Social Atlas of Health Burden of Disease Department of Health http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/compo Victoria site/bod/ Cervical Cancer Public Health http://www.publichealth.gov.au/interactive- Screening Information mapping/a-social-health-atlas-of-australia_- Development Unit- 2011.html Social Atlas of Health

125 Data Source Link Child Protection Gippsland Needs Bruxner, A., and Wise S. (2011) Gippsland Needs notification rates Analysis 2011 Analysis, Report to the Gippsland Community Legal Service. Policy and research Unit, Anglicare Victoria.

Melbourne. http://www.anglicarevic.org.au/index.php?action=file manager&form_action=list&folder_id=806&start=30

Gippsland Access to http://www.gml.org.au/health- Allied Psychological professionals/services/mental-health/cmhs- Services - Children’s update/ Mental Health – A

scoping study Chronic Disease Public Health http://www.publichealth.gov.au/interactive- Risk Factors Information mapping/a-social-health-atlas-of-australia_- Development Unit- 2011.html Social Atlas of Health Community Community Indicators http://www.communityindicators.net.au/ Strength Indicators Victoria Crime Rates Victoria Police http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Docum ent_ID=782 Depression and The Health and http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey anxiety amongst Wellbeing of Aboriginal /vphs-aboriginal.htm the Aboriginal Victorians 2008 population Dementia Alzheimer’s Australia http://www.fightdementia.org.au projections Demographic Australian Bureau of http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf Characteristics Statistics – 2011 Census /home/Home?opendocument Disability & Carers Victorian Carer Services http://www.vcsn.com.au/library/item/victorian- Network demographic-profile-updated Disability Association for Children www.acd.org.au/advocacy/disabilitycounts.htm Prevalence with a Disability Family Incidents Victoria Police http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Docum ent_ID=782

Violence Against Intimate partner violence experienced by women Women Journal with disabilities. Brownridge 2006, Partner violence against women with disabilities. Prevalence risks and explanations, Violence Against Women, vol. 12, no. 9 pp. 805-822. Fruit and vegetable Victorian Population http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey intake Health Survey /vphs.htm Gaming machines Victorian Commission www.vcglr.vic.gov.au and Gambling for Gambling and Liquor expenditure Regulation (VCGLR) Gendered Health Gippsland Women’s http://www.gwhealth.asn.au/pages/gendered- Indicators Health Service health-indicators.html

126 Data Source Link GP Availability Primary Health Care http://www.phcris.org.au/ Research & Information Service Healthy Eating Breast feeding rates http://www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/provi ders/support/Pages/mchannualreportarchive.aspx

Healthy Food Basket http://www.wellingtonpcp.com.au/wp- Survey – The cost and content/uploads/2009/06/The-Cost-Availability- availability of healthy of-Healthy-Food-in-Wellington-July-2012-Final.pdf food in Wellington Illegal drug use and Victoria Police Crime http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Docum related crime statistics ent_ID=782

Internet Access Change and http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_fil Disadvantage in the e/0005/62708/Change_and_Disadvantage_in_the Gippsland Region- DPCD _Gippsland_Region_-_lower_res_pdf.pdf March 2011

Life Expectancy at Department of Health http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/ Birth Victoria Living alone The Health and http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey Wellbeing of Aboriginal /vphs-aboriginal.htm Victorians

Maternal & Child Department of http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/ Health Visits Education and Early earlychildhood/mch/report11annualstatewide.pdf Childhood Development Medicare Medicare www.medicare.gov.au Consultations Statistics Mortgage & Rental Public Health http://www.publichealth.gov.au/interactive- Stress Information Service mapping/a-social-health-atlas-of-australia_- 2011.html

Obesity Victorian Population http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey Health Survey 2008 & /vphs.htm 2011

Physical Inactivity Victorian Population http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey Health Survey 2008 & /vphs.htm 2011

The Health and http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey Wellbeing of Aboriginal /vphs-aboriginal.htm Victorians

127 Data Source Link Population forecast Department of Planning www.dpcd.vic.gov.au and Community Development Post year 12 Community Indicators http://www.communityindicators.net.au/ destinations Victoria Psychological Victorian Population http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey distress Health Survey 2008 & /vphs.htm 2011 Public Housing Change and http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_fil Disadvantage in the e/0005/62708/Change_and_Disadvantage_in_the Gippsland Region- DPCD _Gippsland_Region_-_lower_res_pdf.pdf March 2011

Road Accidents Transport Accident www.tacsafety.com.au Commission SEIFA Australian Bureau of http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf Statistics 2011 Census /home/Home?opendocument

Social Statistics www.socialstatistics.com.au

Mood & Public Health www.publichealth.gov.au Behavioural Information Service Problems Sexually Gendered Health transmitted Indicators Wellington infections Shire - Gippsland Women’s Health Service 2013

Communicable Disease http://ideas.health.vic.gov.au/ Epidemiology and Surveillance - Health Protection Branch, Department of Health, 2013 Social http://www.euro.who.int Determinants of Health Substance Abuse Public Health http://www.publichealth.gov.au/interactive- Information Service mapping/a-social-health-atlas-of-australia_- 2011.html Teenage Births Public Health http://www.publichealth.gov.au/interactive- Information Service mapping/a-social-health-atlas-of-australia_- 2011.html Teenage Illicit Drug DEECD Adolescent http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/research/ Use Community Profile – Pages/reportdataadolescent.aspx Wellington 2010

128 Data Source Link Tobacco smoking The Health and http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey Wellbeing of Aboriginal /vphs-aboriginal.htm Victorians

Victorian Population http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey Health Survey /vphs.htm

Town Population Australian Bureau of http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf Statistics 2011 Census /home/Home?opendocument Transport Gippsland Low Carbon http://www.climateworksaustralia.org/project/reg Limitations Growth Plan 2011 ional-plan/low-carbon-growth-plan-gippsland

Victorian Health http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/Research/VicHeal Indicators Survey 2011 th-Indicators.aspx

Department of http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions Education and Early /children/vcams/adolescent_Community_profiles. Childhood Development htm Wellington Adolescent Community Profile Unemployment Australian Government www.workplace.gov.au Figures Employment & Workplace Relations Youth Justice Department of Human www.dhs.vic.gov.au Services

129