Health and wellbeing Children and young people in Boroondara

Loved and safe Participating Healthy Note: Young people refers to those in grades 5-12 in school – ages 10-18 years 77% 465 per 100,000 population young people in the Kooyong** The proportion of infants and family violence incidents are Electoral District aged 18-24 75.2% children fully vaccinated9 17.4% 3 attended by Police1 years enrolled to vote infants fully proportion of breastfed at 12-15 months 94.1% Maternal and Child discharge8 Health referrals to 64% 24-27 months 93% specialist mental health young people in the Higgins*** services for parents.8 Electoral District aged 18-24 60-63 months 96.2% 1 in 8 years enrolled to vote3 children and young people in the IEM* reported being bullied2 Young people in the IEM* eating recommended Positive sense of identity 22.4% Victoria fruit and vegetable servings2 and culture young people in the IEM* experiencing high to very 20.4% Fruit only 58.3% high levels of psychological distress2 2 in 3 60% Vegetables only 2% young people in the IEM* young people identifying reported having a trusted as LGBTQIA+ felt safe and adult in their lives2 supported as a young person4 24.2% 12.1% Victoria young people in the IEM* young people in the IEM* who who do the recommended have ever used marijuana or 10.3% amount of physical activity other illegal drugs2 everyday2 Learning Proportion of children developmentally vulnerable 8.4% 51.5% young people in the IEM* who young people in the IEM* reported 2 2 4.9% 1.8% 3.2% have ever smoked cigarettes having ever drank alcohol Physical Language and young people aged health6 cognitive skills6 15-24 who are disengaged from employment or Material basics education5 4.8% 4.8% Social Communication 8.7% 13.8% 13.2% competence6 skills and general households are households are on young people knowledge6 98.9% experiencing incomes lower aged 15-24 are housing stress5 than $650 per unemployed5 young people attending week5 5.1% a secondary school completed their VCE Emotional in 20197 maturity6 References: 1. Crime Statistics Agency, 2019 6. Australian Early Development Census, 2019 * IEM = Inner Eastern Metropolitan region encompasses ** Kooyong Electoral District in 2016 included *** Higgins Electoral District in 2016 included 2. Victorian Child and Adolescent Monitoring System, 2019 7. Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 2020 Councils including , , Kew, Kew East, Hawthorn, Hawthorn Glen Iris, Ashburton, Carnegie, Hughesdale, 3. Australian Electoral Commission, 2016. 8. Department of Health and Human Services, 2020, Maternal and , . This is the most East, Balwyn, , Deepdene, Malvern, Malvern East, Armadale, Kooyong, 4. Access Health and Community (headspace), 2019 Child Health Service 2019-20 annual report localised level data available for these statistics. Canterbury, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. Toorak, Prahran, Windsor, South Yarra. 5. id Consulting, 2016 9. Australian Immunisation Register, 2020