Hume Region Aboriginal Population

2015

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Hume Region is one of eight regions in Victoria and Aboriginal population in Hume Region spans 12 Local Government Areas. The 12 LGAs are 5,666 grouped into four Primary Care Partnership planning *including Albury NSW (ABS 2011) areas: 1.82% Hume Region Aboriginal population as a ALBURY (NSW) percentage of total population

nd 2 Hume has the second highest % of

Aboriginal populations out of eight

regions in Victoria

0-14 age group has the largest percentage Aboriginal population

age groups

• Lower Hume - includes Mitchell and Murrindindi LGAs 50+ 15% • Goulburn Valley - includes Moira, 0-14 Shepparton and Strathbogie LGAs 40-49 38% 10% • Central Hume - includes Alpine, Benalla, Mansfield and Wangaratta LGAs 25-39

17% • Upper Hume – includes Indigo, Towong and Wodonga LGAs 15-24 20%

Albury is a New South Wales cross-border Local Government Area that shares health services with Wodonga. Albury population is included in the population statistics to assist planning*.

Local government area populations

Local Government Aboriginal % Aboriginal Total and PCP areas population population of total population

Moira 394 28,124

Shepparton 2,082 60,449

Strathbogie 87 9,484

Goulburn Valley total 2,563 2.61 98,057

Mitchell 403 34,636

Murrindindi 94 13,174

Lower Hume total 497 1.03 47,810

Alpine 82 11,881

Benalla 168 13,647

Mansfield 56 7,892

Wangaratta 259 26,813

Central Hume total 565 0.93 60,233

*Albury (NSW) 1,108 47,808

Indigo 142 15,376

Towong 85 5,890

Wodonga 706 35,518

Upper Hume total 2,041 1.95 104,592

HUME REGION total 5,666 1.82 310,692 *including Albury

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011 Community Profiles – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (Indigenous) Profile www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/communityprofiles Further information on population age groups can be located in the ABS profiles.