Greater (C)

Greater Geelong is located 75 km south-west of . 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 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 Barwon-South Western Area of LGA 1,248 km ASGS LGA code 22750 Most community in LGA Highton Distance to Melbourne 78 km Travel time to Melbourne 58 minutes Remoteness area Inner Regional 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

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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)

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 5.0% 0.9%

Top 5 overseas of birth 0.9% 0.8% 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 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 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 at 24–27 94.9% 23 91.7% months Percentage of children attending 3 year old 62.8% 59 64.4% maternal and child health checks participation rate 100.0% NA 98.0% Percentage of children with kindergarten subsidy 27.8% 45 24.6% Percentage of children with emotional or 5.8% 17 4.3% behavioural problems at school entry Percentage of children with speech or language 15.4% 38 13.8% problems at school entry Percentage of adolescents who report being 19.5% 29 17.9% recently bullied Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 18.8% 38 19.5% in one or more domains Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 9.3% 38 9.5% in two or more domains Rate of substantiated child abuse per 1,000 5.3 55 6.7 population Rate of children on child protection orders per 7.9 27 5.2 1,000 population Rate of children in out of home care per 1,000 6.3 29 4.6 population

Aged and disability characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of population with need for assistance 5.9% 30 5.0% with core activity People with severe and profound disability living in 4.5% 33 4.0% the community (all ages)

Greater Geelong (C) Page 8 People with severe and profound disability living in 13.4% 23 13.7% the community (65+) Disability support pension recipients per 1,000 68.4 39 54.9 eligible population Percentage of persons aged 75+ who live alone 38.8% 36 35.9% Proportion who are female 75.1% 21 73.9% Proportion who are male 24.9% 59 26.1% Aged care places (high care) per 1,000 eligible 48.8 17 40.9 population Aged care places (low care) per 1,000 eligible 46.0 41 44.4 population Age pension recipients per 1,000 eligible 741.1 32 694.3 population

Life expectancy and wellbeing

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Male life expectancy 79.1 39 80.3 Female life expectancy 83.7 49 84.4 Percentage persons reporting fair or poor health 15.2% 38 15.9% Percentagestatus of females reporting fair or poor health 15.9% 24 16.2% Percentage of males reporting fair or poor health 14.7% 48 15.6% status Percentage of persons reporting a high/very high 14.0% 9 11.1% degree of psychological distress Percentage of persons sleeping less than 7 hours 29.9% 42 31.5% per day Percentage persons with adequate work-life 51.3% 33 53.1% balance

Injury and mortality

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unintentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 55.3 38 59.1 population Intentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 3.7 20 3.1 population Percentage of unintentional injuries due to falls 43.0% 10 37.3% Indirect standardised death rate per 100,000 6.0 32 5.6 population Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 178.3 31 148.2 years, due to all causes Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 65.9 27 61.4 years, due to cancer Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 48.2 22 39.8 years, due to cardiovascular diseases Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 12.0 18 8.4 years, due to respiratory diseases

Greater Geelong (C) 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 7 NA 305 General practitioners per 1,000 population 1.3 23 1.2 General practice clinics per 1,000 population 0.5 55 0.5 Dental service sites per 1,000 population 0.2 35 0.2 Allied health service sites per 1,000 population 0.6 48 0.5 Pharmacies per 1,000 population 0.2 43 0.2 Number of schools 81 NA 2,238 Percentage of population near to public transport 77.2% 22 74.2% Percentage of population with private health 46.0% 25 48.0% insurance

Hospital utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Hospital inpatient separations per 1,000 population 422.4 46 419.8 Percentage of inpatient separations in private 34.8% 29 39.4% hospital Main public hospital attended Geelong Hospital Separations from most frequently attended public 88.9% NA NA hospital Average length of stay, public hospital inpatients 3.1 48 3.2 (days) Average length of stay, total hospital inpatients 2.9 47 2.9 (days) Per annum change in hospital inpatient 2.56% 31 2.76% separations, 2002–03 to 2012–13 Projected per annum change in separations, 2.19% 26 2.78% 2012–13 to 2021–22 Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) – 41.6 33 36.1 admission rate per 1,000 population ACSC – average length of stay (days) 4.7 65 5.1 Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) – 15.2 24 12.7 acute admissions per 1,000 population ACSC – chronic admissions per 1,000 population 26.6 35 23.5 ACSC – vaccine preventable admissions per 1.0 22 0.9 1,000 population Emergency Department presentations per 1000 247.6 37 258.8 population

Greater Geelong (C) Page 10 ED presentations which are primary care type per 83.2 47 107.5 1000 population

Other service utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure GP attendances per 1,000 population – male 4,303.0 40 4,633.4 GP attendances per 1,000 population – female 5,868.5 42 6,257.0 GP attendances per 1,000 population – total 5,094.7 42 5,452.1 HACC clients aged 0–69 per 1,000 target 123.4 55 142.3

HACC clients aged 70 and over per 1,000 target 437.4 47 407.9 population Drug and alcohol clients per 1,000 population 5.7 43 5.8 Registered mental health clients per 1,000 10.8 50 11.1 population

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