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Greater Geelong (C) Greater Geelong (C) Greater Geelong is located 75 km south-west of Melbourne. Population distribution across ages in Greater Geelong is similar to the state average, with slightly lower percentages aged 25 to 44 and slightly higher aged 45 plus. Growth over the past 10 years has been slightly below average, but forecast growth to 2022 around average. Around 10% of the population speak a language other than English, most commonly Italian or Croatian. While the rate of new settler arrivals is less than half the Victorian measure, a relatively high percentage are humanitarian arrivals. The unemployment rate is relatively high, as is the rate of one-parent headed families, and the median household income is lower than average. There are higher than average rates of overweight and obesity, cancer incidence, smoking, risk of short term harm from alcohol, high psychological distress and avoidable deaths. The rate of intentional injuries is slightly higher than average, as is the percentage of unintentional injuries caused by falls. Rates of cancer screening are above average. Nearly 90% of inpatient separations take place at Geelong Hospital while performance on most health utilisation indicators is around average. Greater Geelong (C) Page 1 1 Community capacity Geography Metropolitan/rural Greater Geelong (C) Departmental region Barwon-South Western Area of LGA 1,248 km ͦ ASGS LGA code 22750 Most populous community in LGA Highton Distance to Melbourne 78 km Travel time to Melbourne 58 minutes Remoteness area Inner Regional Australia ARIA measures (low/average/high) (0.10 / 0.46 / 1.37) Land use Business 0.3% Industrial 2.1% Residential 7.8% Rural 62.0% Other 27.8% Demographics 2012 population profile 1.8% 1.6% 1.4% 1.2% 1.0% 0.8% % of population % 0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60 63 66 69 72 75 78 81 84 Age in years Greater Geelong (C) Victoria Greater Geelong (C) Page 2 Per annum population change Time period LGA Victoria 2002–2012, Percentage of actual change 1.15% 1.57% 2012–2022, Percentage of projected change 1.49% 1.58% 2012 population by age and sex % total LGA % total VIC Females Males Total population population 00–14 18,935 20,630 39,566 18.1% 18.3% 15–24 14,290 15,024 29,313 13.4% 13.6% 25–44 28,301 28,035 56,336 25.8% 29.2% 45–64 28,547 27,269 55,816 25.6% 24.5% 65–84 17,073 14,856 31,929 14.6% 12.4% 85+ 3,532 1,887 5,420 2.5% 2.0% Total 110,678 107,700 218,378 100.0% 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 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 Males Females Greater Geelong (C) Page 3 Fertility rate Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Total fertility rate 1.90 59 1.82 Teenage fertility rate 11.44 39 10.38 Diversity Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population 1.0% 36 0.8% Percentage of population born overseas 16.7% 31 27.7% Percentage of population born in non-English 10.1% 30 20.9% speaking country United Kingdom 5.0% New Zealand 0.9% Top 5 overseas countries of birth Italy 0.9% Netherlands 0.8% Croatia 0.7% Percentage speaking language other than English 10.0% 30 24.2% at home Italian 1.3% Croatian 1.1% Top 5 languages spoken other than English Macedonian 0.6% Greek 0.5% German 0.4% Percentage with low English proficiency 1.6% 30 4.0% English 37.0% Australian 26.3% Top 5 ancestries Irish 7.1% Scottish 4.6% Italian 3.4% New settler arrivals per 100,000 population 627.8 29 1,415.1 Humanitarian arrivals as a percentage of new 24.2% 5 7.2% settlers Community acceptance of diverse cultures 48.7% 30 50.6% Greater Geelong (C) Page 4 Social engagement and crime Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage 993 40 NA Percentage of households with broadband internet 68.7% 37 72.6% Gaming machine losses per head of adult $605.3 21 $549.5 population Family incidents per 1,000 population 11.6 31 10.8 Drug usage and possession offences per 1,000 2.5 55 3.8 population Total offences per 1,000 population 73.1 30 72.2 Percentage who feel safe walking alone during the 98.7% 33 97.0% day Percentage who feel safe on street alone after 75.4% 46 70.3% dark Percentage who help out as a volunteer 20.0% 59 19.3% Participation in citizen engagement in last year 48.9% 64 50.5% Social networking used to organise time with 28.7% 45 35.1% family/friends Percentage who believe there are good facilities 85.7% 25 85.2% and services in the LGA 2 Socio-economic factors Economic and employment characteristics Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unemployment rate 6.4% 16 5.8% Percentage of individuals with income less than 41.8% 38 39.9% $400 per week Percentage of females with income less than $400 49.4% 38 47.1% per week Percentage of males with income less than $400 33.3% 44 32.1% per week Percentage of families headed by one parent 17.3% 12 15.5% Proportion who are female 83.3% 18 82.8% Proportion who are male 16.7% 62 17.2% Median household income $1,049 38 $1,216 Percentage of low income families with children 9.6% 34 8.7% Percentage of population with food insecurity 6.8% 14 4.6% Greater Geelong (C) Page 5 Housing, transport and sustainability characteristics LGA measure Rank among Victoria LGAs measure Mortgage stress 9.8% 58 11.4% Rental stress 29.5% 14 25.1% Percentage of rental housing that is affordable 24.4% 49 18.4% Median house price $360,000 31 $412,000 Median rent for three bedroom home $310 31 $320 New dwellings approved per 1,000 population 9.8 18 8.6 Social housing as a percentage of total dwellings 4.6% 22 3.8% Number of social housing dwellings 4,279 NA 84,037 Percentage of work journeys which are by car 72.4% 17 66.2% Percentage of work journeys which are by public 5.0% 35 11.1% transport Persons with at least 2 hour daily commute 9.8% 29 11.6% Percentage of dwellings with no motor vehicle 7.5% 25 8.7% Passenger vehicles per 1,000 population 624.6 35 606.8 Percentage of passenger vehicles more than ten 51.5% 47 47.7% years old Education characteristics Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Full-time equivalent students 38,355 NA 869,698 Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 93.7% 43 93.5% minimum standards in literacy Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 94.7% 48 95.0% minimum standards in numeracy Percentage of 19 year olds completing year 12 82.8% 43 84.2% Percentage of persons who did not complete year 52.8% 45 43.7% 12 Percentage of persons who completed a higher 35.8% 30 45.7% education qualification Percentage of students attending government 60.8% 54 61.6% school 3 Health and wellbeing Health conditions Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons reporting asthma 14.1% 12 10.9% Percentage of persons reporting type 2 diabetes 4.0% 58 5.0% Greater Geelong (C) Page 6 Percentage of persons reporting high blood 24.4% 49 24.5% pressure Percentage of persons reporting heart disease 7.9% 22 6.9% Percentage of persons reporting osteoporosis 4.8% 54 5.3% Percentage of persons reporting arthritis 23.2% 16 19.8% Percentage of persons overweight 36.6% 14 32.5% Percentage of females overweight 26.4% 36 24.6% Percentage of males overweight 46.4% 12 40.6% Percentage of persons obese 19.4% 35 17.3% Percentage of females obese 22.0% 18 17.2% Percentage of males obese 17.2% 45 17.4% Cancer incidence per 100,000 population 576.5 41 522.0 Cancer incidence per 100,000 females 550.2 32 468.1 Cancer incidence per 100,000 males 603.5 47 577.0 Poor dental health 4.5% 56 5.6% Notifications of Pertussis per 1,000 population 0.9 22 0.8 Notifications of Influenza per 1,000 population 1.5 18 1.1 Notifications of Chlamydia per 1,000 population 3.4 21 3.5 Health behaviours Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons 18+ who are current 20.8% 9 15.7% smokers Percentage of females 18+ who are current 14.8% 29 12.9% smokers Percentage of males 18+ who are current smokers 25.1% 9 18.5% Percentage of persons at risk of short-term harm 12.3% 25 9.1% from alcohol consumption Percentage of persons who do not meet fruit and 55.7% 15 51.1% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet fruit and 46.7% 35 45.5% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet fruit and 63.4% 21 56.9% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of persons who drink soft drink every 19.2% 33 15.9% day Percentage of persons who share a meal with 68.4% 43 66.3% family at least 5 days per week Percentage of persons who do not meet physical 28.3% 56 32.1% activity guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet physical 31.4% 37 33.6% activity guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet physical 24.3% 63 30.4% activity guidelines Greater Geelong (C) Page 7 Percentage of persons who sit for at least 7 hours 30.0% 28 32.6% per day Percentage of persons who visit a green space at 52.2% 25 50.7% least once per week Percentage of breast cancer screening 63.2% 8 54.6% participation Percentage of cervical cancer screening 62.1% 28 60.2% participation Percentage of bowel cancer screening 40.1% 23 36.5% participation Children and young person characteristics Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Low birth weight babies 6.4% 44 6.6% Percentage of infants fully breastfed at three 51.8% 42 51.4% months Percentage of children fully immunised
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