COMMUNITY PROFILE 2014 CAPRICORN Created by: The Smith Family Rockhampton 2014/2015 The Communities for Children Facilitating Partner Initiative Capricorn is funded by the Australian Government and facilitated by The Smith Family. The information in this publication does not necessarily reflect the views of the Commonwealth of Australia (the Commonwealth), and the Commonwealth does not accept any responsibility for the information within this publication. CONTENTS COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN FACILITATING PARTNERS ................................................... 5 ABOUT THIS PROFILE ........................................................................................................ 6 KEY FOCUS AREAS 6 DATA 6 LIVING DOCUMENT 6 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION 7 Communities for Children Committee Survey 7 Organisational Survey 7 Parent Survey 8 Children’s Survey 8 Business Survey 8 School Survey 9 Early Education Survey – 9 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE ................................................................................................. 11 LOCATION 11 POPULATION 12 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY 12 SURVEY RESULTS 13 Business Survey 13 SUPPORTING DATA 14 Population 14 Age Proportions 14 Child Age Breakdown 14 Weekly Income 15 Household Income 15 Employment status of couple families 16 Social Housing Register 17 COMMUITY VULNERABILITY ........................................................................................... 18 Child Protection Findings 18 Effects of incarceration on families 18 Crime Rates 20 Domestic and Family Violence 20 Suicide 20 Facts and stats about suicide in Australia 21 How safe and secure are Australia’s children? 22 Gambling in Australia 23 SURVEY RESULTS 24 Children’s survey 24 School Survey 25 Business Survey 26 SUPPORTING DATA 27 Domestic and Family Violence 27 Child protection summary statistics, five-year trend, Queensland 28 Suicide 29 Crime Rates 33 PROGRAMS AVAILABLE 34 MARGINALISED AND DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES ........................................................... 35 Why is it important to engage disadvantaged families in child and family services? 35 Socio-Economic disadvantage 36 Disabilities and Carers 36 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families 37 Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Families 40 SUPPORTING DATA 42 Statistics 42 People not fluent in English, 2011 43 People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, 2011 44 Couple families with dependent children, 2011 45 One parent families with dependent children, 2011 46 Total persons with disabilities aged 0 to 14 years 47 Socio-Economic Index of Disadvantage – Capricorn Region 47 FAMILIES AND PARENTS ................................................................................................. 48 Family Structure 48 Grandparents 48 Foster and Kinship Care 49 Parenting Programs 49 Developmental benefits of involved fathering 49 SURVEY RESULTS 51 Children’s Survey 51 Parent’s Survey 52 Organisational Survey 54 Happy Healthy Family 55 School and Early Education Survey 56 Business Survey 57 SUPPORTING DATA 58 Children in Foster and Kinship Care 58 Families — family composition 59 Single or Lone Parent families 59 Blended families 59 PROGRAMS AVAILABLE 60 HEALTHY LIFESTYLES ....................................................................................................... 62 Health in CQ 62 Children and families 62 Young Australians: Their health and wellbeing 2011 64 Tobacco Use 64 Overweight and Obesity 65 Teenage births 66 Alcohol and Drug Use 66 Immunisation 67 Participation in sport 67 Breakfast for Children 68 Healthy Communities Initiative 69 SURVEY RESULTS 70 Organisational Survey 70 School and Early Education Survey 71 SUPPORTING DATA 73 Local Sport Participation 73 Immunisation 73 PROGRAMS AVAILABLE 75 EDUCATION .................................................................................................................... 76 Early Learning in Queensland 76 What do children learn in the early phase of schooling? 76 Kindergarten and School Readiness 77 School Readiness 78 School Attendence 78 Education Levels 79 Let’s Read 79 Learning for Life 79 Great Results Guarantee 80 Alternative Education Options 80 Arts and cultural identity 81 Naplan 81 SURVEY RESULTS 83 School and Early Education Survey 83 SUPPORTING DATA 85 School attendance rates 85 Indigenous Education Participation 87 School Absences 88 Education Levels 88 Let’s Read - Local 90 Naplan 91 PROGRAMS AVAILABLE 98 SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING ............................................................................. 99 Helping kids grow socially and emotionally 99 Local vulnerability 99 Body Image 100 Bullying 101 Mental Health 102 The mental health of young Australians 102 Self-Harm 104 Rockhampton Community Care Unit 105 Saver Plus Program 105 SURVEY RESULTS 107 School Survey 107 SUPPORTING DATA 108 AEDC 108 Self Harm 110 PROGRAMS AVAILABLE 111 SERVICES, COMMUNITY AND FAMILY CONNECTIONS .................................................... 113 Awareness and Promotion of services 113 Transport 113 Childcare 114 Playgroup 114 Coordination of services 114 SURVEY RESULTS 115 Parent’s Survey 115 Organisational Survey 117 Business Survey 118 SUPPORTING DATA 121 Available child care – Capricorn Region 121 Unpaid Child Care – Capricorn Region 121 Location of Playgroups – Capricorn Region 122 Households without a car, 2011 123 People who travelled to work on public transport, 2011 124 PROGRAMS AVAILABLE 126 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................. 141 2014 COMMUNITY PROFILE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN FACILITATING PARTNERS Communities for Children Facilitating Partners (CfC FP) – are a Sub-Activity under the Families and Children Activity that aim to deliver positive and sustainable outcomes for children and families in disadvantaged communities throughout Australia. CfC FPs are place based and develop and facilitate a whole of community approach to support and enhance early childhood development and wellbeing for children from birth to 12 years. As the Communities for Children Facilitating Partner (CfC FP), The Smith Family in Rockhampton will facilitate a whole of community approach to support and enhance early childhood development and wellbeing for children from birth to 12 years. We will: Build on local strengths to meet local community needs and create capability within local service systems, using strong evidence of what works in early intervention and prevention. Collaborate with other organisations to provide a holistic service system for children and families. Use a proportion of the funding to fund other organisations (known as Community Partners) to provide services to promote child wellbeing services that are known to be high-quality and evidence based. Use the remaining funds to undertake facilitation, coordination and collaborative work in the community or to fund soft-entry, innovative programmes. The objectives of the CfC FPs are: To improve the health and wellbeing of families and the development of young children, from before birth through to age 12 years, paying special attention to: o Healthy young families — supporting parents to care for their children before and after birth and throughout the early years; o Supporting families and parents — support for parents to provide children with secure attachment, consistent discipline and quality environments that are stable, positive, stimulating, safe and secure; o Early learning — provide access to high quality early learning opportunities in the years before school; provide early identification and support for children at risk of developmental and behavioural problems; assist parents with ways they can stimulate and promote child development and learning from birth; and o School transition and engagement - support children and families to make a smooth transition to school and work with local schools to assist children and families with their ongoing engagement with school. To create strong child-friendly communities that understands the importance of children and applies this capacity to maximise the health, wellbeing and early development of young children at the local level. Communities for Children Facilitating Partners | The Smith Family 5 2014 COMMUNITY PROFILE ABOUT THIS PROFILE The aim of this profile is to provide a holistic view of the Communities for Children Capricorn Region that will inform the overall Communities for Children Strategy 2014-2019. Information provided within this profile will help to identify community characteristics, assess needs and identify gaps, and inform priorities for the Capricorn Community. Note: For the purpose of the Communities for Children Strategy – the Capricorn region include the areas covered by the Rockhampton Regional Council and Livingstone Shire Council. KEY FOCUS AREAS A number of key focus areas have been identified for this profile, as shown below. For each of these we have looked at responses to community consultation from organisations, parents, children and other key stakeholders. We have also, where possible, included relevant data relating to these focus areas, as well as identified services within the community. 1. Community Vulnerability 2. Marginalised and Disadvantaged Families 3. Families and Parents 4. Healthy Lifestyles 5. Education 6. Social and Emotional Wellbeing 7. Services, Community and Family Connection DATA Data has been obtained from a wide range of sources. Where available, Capricorn data has been provided, and if possible