Queenscliffe (B)

The Borough of Queenscliffe is the smallest municipality, with a population of just over 3,000 and an area of 9 square kilometres. Queenscliffe is located at the tip of the , about 105 km south-west of and 35 km east of . The population of Queenscliffe has declined slightly since 2002, and projected per annum growth to 2022 is considerably lower than average. Residents aged 65 plus are overrepresented in the population with over 32% in this age group and only about 22% are aged under 25. There is a low level of cultural diversity, with the second lowest rate of low English proficiency of all LGAs. Queenscliffe has the lowest rates of drug offences and family violence incidents of all LGAs. There are very few social housing dwellings, rental affordability is low, and the median house price is one of the highest in the state. However, rates of mortgage and rental stress are below average. The number of passenger vehicles per 1,000 population is the highest in the state. Queenscliffe performs well on most health indicators. Rates of obesity are below average, a relatively high percentage of the population meet physical activity guidelines, and a low percentage indicate that they have fair or poor health. Bowel cancer screening rates are the highest of all LGAs. Cancer rates are higher than average, and the percentage of unintentional injuries due to falls is the highest in the state. Queenscliff has the fewest high care aged care places per 1,000 eligible population of all the LGAs, and the rate of HACC clients aged 70 plus is well above average. The rate of inpatient separations is also the highest, and there are more GPs per 1,000 population than any other LGA, although the rate of GP presentations is around average.

Queenscliffe (B) Page 1 1 Community capacity

Geography

Metropolitan/rural Queenscliffe (B) Departmental region Barwon-South Western Area of LGA 09 km ASGS LGA code 26080 Most populous community in LGA - Queenscliff Distance to Melbourne 102 km Travel time to Melbourne 1 hour 26 minutes Remoteness area Inner Regional ARIA measures (low/average/high) (0.58 / 0.58 / 0.58)

Land use

Business 0.2% Industrial 0.0% Residential 11.3% Rural 2.0% Other 86.5%

Demographics 2012 population profile

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Queenscliffe (B) Page 2 Per annum population change

Time period LGA Victoria 2002–2012, Percentage of actual change -0.34% 1.57% 2012–2022, Percentage of projected change 0.42% 1.58%

2012 population by age and sex

% total LGA % total VIC Females Males Total population population 00–14 226 234 460 14.9% 18.3% 15–24 108 120 228 7.4% 13.6% 25–44 261 249 510 16.5% 29.2% 45–64 478 408 885 28.7% 24.5% 65–84 463 408 870 28.2% 12.4% 85+ 94 42 136 4.4% 2.0% Total 1,628 1,461 3,089 100.0% 100.0%

Population projections by age group and sex, 2012 and 2022

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

200 150 100 50 0 50 100 150 200 Males Females

Queenscliffe (B) Page 3 Fertility rate

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Total fertility rate 1.64 71 1.82 Teenage fertility rate 0.00 64 10.38

Diversity

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population 0.5% 63 0.8% Percentage of population born overseas 10.2% 52 27.7% Percentage of population born in non-English 3.8% 60 20.9% speaking country United Kingdom 4.8% New Zealand 1.3%

Top 5 overseas countries of birth Netherlands 0.6% Germany 0.5% Ireland 0.2%

Percentage speaking language other than English 2.3% 69 24.2% at home Italian 0.6% Greek 0.4%

Top 5 languages spoken other than English German 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% French 0.2%

Percentage with low English proficiency 0.1% 78 4.0% English 45.5% Australian 26.1%

Top 5 ancestries Irish 9.2% Scottish 6.0%

German 2.0%

New settler arrivals per 100,000 population 226.6 63 1,415.1 Humanitarian arrivals as a percentage of new 0.0% 49 7.2% settlers Community acceptance of diverse cultures 58.7% 9 50.6%

Queenscliffe (B) Page 4 Social engagement and crime

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage 1053 71 NA Percentage of households with broadband internet 70.1% 32 72.6% Gaming machine losses per head of adult $539.3 34 $549.5 population Family incidents per 1,000 population 2.2 79 10.8 Drug usage and possession offences per 1,000 0.6 79 3.8 population Total offences per 1,000 population 27.0 78 72.2 Percentage who feel safe walking alone during the 100.0% 1 97.0% day Percentage who feel safe on street alone after 93.5% 3 70.3% dark Percentage who help out as a volunteer 38.8% 6 19.3% Participation in citizen engagement in last year 66.1% 18 50.5% Social networking used to organise time with 24.6% 66 35.1% family/friends Percentage who believe there are good facilities 80.6% 39 85.2% and services in the LGA

2 Socio-economic factors

Economic and employment characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unemployment rate 3.0% 77 5.8% Percentage of individuals with income less than 34.9% 72 39.9% $400 per week Percentage of females with income less than $400 38.9% 75 47.1% per week Percentage of males with income less than $400 30.2% 59 32.1% per week Percentage of families headed by one parent 10.5% 76 15.5% Proportion who are female 79.3% 70 82.8% Proportion who are male 20.7% 10 17.2% Median household income $1,022 42 $1,216 Percentage of low income families with children 4.0% 76 8.7% Percentage of population with food insecurity 0.0% 77 4.6%

Queenscliffe (B) Page 5 Housing, transport and sustainability characteristics

LGA measure Rank among Victoria LGAs measure Mortgage stress 7.9% 70 11.4% Rental stress 22.1% 58 25.1% Percentage of rental housing that is affordable 11.1% 59 18.4% Median house price $700,000 9 $412,000 Median rent for three bedroom home $335 24 $320 New dwellings approved per 1,000 population 6.5 40 8.6 Social housing as a percentage of total dwellings 0.4% 78 3.8% Number of social housing dwellings 12 NA 84,037 Percentage of work journeys which are by car 62.1% 60 66.2%

Percentage of work journeys which are by public 4.2% 36 11.1% transport Persons with at least 2 hour daily commute NA NA 11.6% Percentage of dwellings with no motor vehicle 5.3% 53 8.7% Passenger vehicles per 1,000 population 738.7 1 606.8

Percentage of passenger vehicles more than ten 47.2% 61 47.7% years old

Education characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Full-time equivalent students 317 NA 869,698 Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 0.0% 78 93.5% minimum standards in literacy Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 0.0% 78 95.0% minimum standards in numeracy Percentage of 19 year olds completing year 12 89.4% 20 84.2% Percentage of persons who did not complete year 42.1% 62 43.7% 12 Percentage of persons who completed a higher 50.9% 16 45.7% education qualification Percentage of students attending government 47.2% 75 61.6% school

3 Health and wellbeing

Health conditions

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons reporting asthma 5.4% 79 10.9% Percentage of persons reporting type 2 diabetes 3.1% 73 5.0%

Queenscliffe (B) Page 6 Percentage of persons reporting high blood 20.7% 73 24.5% pressure Percentage of persons reporting heart disease 5.5% 72 6.9% Percentage of persons reporting osteoporosis 3.0% 78 5.3% Percentage of persons reporting arthritis 17.3% 70 19.8% Percentage of persons overweight 34.0% 35 32.5% Percentage of females overweight 26.1% 39 24.6% Percentage of males overweight 45.7% 13 40.6% Percentage of persons obese 9.1% 75 17.3% Percentage of females obese 5.4% 78 17.2% Percentage of males obese 12.8% 69 17.4% Cancer incidence per 100,000 population 1,100.7 2 522.0 Cancer incidence per 100,000 females 1,105.6 1 468.1 Cancer incidence per 100,000 males 1,095.3 5 577.0 Poor dental health 6.1% 33 5.6% Notifications of Pertussis per 1,000 population 1.3 13 0.8 Notifications of Influenza per 1,000 population 1.3 23 1.1 Notifications of Chlamydia per 1,000 population 1.3 77 3.5

Health behaviours

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons 18+ who are current 16.6% 33 15.7% smokers Percentage of females 18+ who are current 12.1% 53 12.9% smokers Percentage of males 18+ who are current smokers 24.5% 11 18.5% Percentage of persons at risk of short-term harm 13.7% 18 9.1% from alcohol consumption Percentage of persons who do not meet fruit and 50.5% 43 51.1% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet fruit and 35.2% 77 45.5% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet fruit and 68.1% 6 56.9% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of persons who drink soft drink every 10.4% 69 15.9% day Percentage of persons who share a meal with 67.8% 46 66.3% family at least 5 days per week Percentage of persons who do not meet physical 20.7% 79 32.1% activity guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet physical 18.3% 79 33.6% activity guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet physical 25.1% 59 30.4% activity guidelines

Queenscliffe (B) Page 7 Percentage of persons who sit for at least 7 hours 21.3% 64 32.6% per day Percentage of persons who visit a green space at 79.3% 1 50.7% least once per week Percentage of breast cancer screening 64.4% 6 54.6% participation Percentage of cervical cancer screening 73.6% 2 60.2% participation Percentage of bowel cancer screening 49.1% 1 36.5% participation

Children and young person characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Low birth weight babies 6.9% 23 6.6% Percentage of infants fully breastfed at three 92.3% 1 51.4% months Percentage of children fully immunised at 24–27 0.0% 79 91.7% months Percentage of children attending 3 year old 89.7% 6 64.4% maternal and child health checks Kindergarten participation rate 100.0% NA 98.0% Percentage of children with kindergarten subsidy 19.6% 62 24.6% Percentage of children with emotional or 0.0% 66 4.3% behavioural problems at school entry Percentage of children with speech or language 0.0% 79 13.8% problems at school entry Percentage of adolescents who report being 14.0% 66 17.9% recently bullied Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 10.0% 77 19.5% in one or more domains Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 3.1% 78 9.5% in two or more domains Rate of substantiated child abuse per 1,000 0.0 78 6.7 population Rate of children on child protection orders per 11.2 13 5.2 1,000 population Rate of children in out of home care per 1,000 0.0 76 4.6 population

Aged and disability characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of population with need for assistance 6.6% 13 5.0% with core activity People with severe and profound disability living in 4.4% 38 4.0% the community (all ages)

Queenscliffe (B) Page 8 People with severe and profound disability living in 10.5% 71 13.7% the community (65+) Disability support pension recipients per 1,000 43.0 65 54.9 eligible population Percentage of persons aged 75+ who live alone 44.1% 4 35.9% Proportion who are female 79.6% 1 73.9% Proportion who are male 20.4% 79 26.1% Aged care places (high care) per 1,000 eligible 00.0 79 40.9 population Aged care places (low care) per 1,000 eligible 56.4 16 44.4 population Age pension recipients per 1,000 eligible 569.0 73 694.3 population

Life expectancy and wellbeing

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Male life expectancy 80.3 14 80.3 Female life expectancy 83.6 52 84.4 Percentage persons reporting fair or poor health 8.4% 79 15.9% Percentagestatus of females reporting fair or poor health 7.9% 76 16.2% Percentage of males reporting fair or poor health 8.8% 74 15.6% status Percentage of persons reporting a high/very high 8.8% 51 11.1% degree of psychological distress Percentage of persons sleeping less than 7 hours 24.9% 71 31.5% per day Percentage persons with adequate work-life 39.7% 77 53.1% balance

Injury and mortality

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unintentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 52.8 44 59.1 population Intentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 2.3 51 3.1 population Percentage of unintentional injuries due to falls 49.7% 1 37.3% Indirect standardised death rate per 100,000 0.0 79 5.6 population Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 133.1 70 148.2 years, due to all causes Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 62.1 43 61.4 years, due to cancer Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 35.4 60 39.8 years, due to cardiovascular diseases Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 NA NA 8.4 years, due to respiratory diseases

Queenscliffe (B) Page 9 4 Service system

Services and access

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Medicare Local that LGA is located in Barwon Primary care partnership G21 Health and Wellbeing Pillar Number of hospitals/health services 0 NA 305 General practitioners per 1,000 population 2.9 1 1.2 General practice clinics per 1,000 population 0.6 28 0.5 Dental service sites per 1,000 population 0.0 73 0.2 Allied health service sites per 1,000 population 0.0 79 0.5 Pharmacies per 1,000 population 0.3 10 0.2 Number of schools 03 NA 2,238 Percentage of population near to public transport 66.6% 30 74.2% Percentage of population with private health 51.6% 20 48.0% insurance

Hospital utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Hospital inpatient separations per 1,000 population 651.4 2 419.8 Percentage of inpatient separations in private 48.3% 14 39.4% hospital Main public hospital attended Geelong Hospital Separations from most frequently attended public 87.1% NA NA hospital Average length of stay, public hospital inpatients 3.3 31 3.2 (days) Average length of stay, total hospital inpatients 2.9 47 2.9 (days) Per annum change in hospital inpatient 3.68% 13 2.76% separations, 2002–03 to 2012–13 Projected per annum change in separations, -3.67% 79 2.78% 2012–13 to 2021–22 Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) – 52.1 10 36.1 admission rate per 1,000 population ACSC – average length of stay (days) 5.2 37 5.1 Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) – 21.4 3 12.7 acute admissions per 1,000 population ACSC – chronic admissions per 1,000 population 30.8 23 23.5 ACSC – vaccine preventable admissions per 0.3 75 0.9 1,000 population Emergency Department presentations per 1000 214.3 51 258.8 population

Queenscliffe (B) Page 10 ED presentations which are primary care type per 51.2 63 107.5 1000 population

Other service utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure GP attendances per 1,000 population – male 4,318.4 39 4,633.4 GP attendances per 1,000 population – female 5,888.0 40 6,257.0 GP attendances per 1,000 population – total 5,127.5 41 5,452.1 HACC clients aged 0–69 per 1,000 target 100.4 69 142.3

HACC clients aged 70 and over per 1,000 target 704.7 9 407.9 population Drug and alcohol clients per 1,000 population 2.6 76 5.8 Registered mental health clients per 1,000 9.7 57 11.1 population

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