Health and Wellbeing Children and Young People in Boroondara
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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 Victoria 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 City of Boroondara, City of Whitehorse, 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 City of Monash, City of Manningham. This is the most East, Balwyn, Balwyn North, 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 .