Mornington Peninsula (S)

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is located in the Southern Metropolitan region, about 54 km south of .

Population • Actual and projected population growth are both slightly below the state measures. • People aged 25–44 are under-represented while people aged 65+ are over-represented.

Diversity • The percentages of people who were born overseas and who speak a language other than English at home are lower than the state measures. • The rate of new settler arrivals is well below average, with no humanitarian settlers.

Disadvantage and social engagement • The percentage of people who feel valued by society is lower than the state measure • The percentages of people who rated their community as a pleasant environment and good or very good for community and support groups are higher than the state measures. • There are a higher than average percentage of people with food insecurity.

Housing, transport and education • The percentage of households in rental stress is above the state measure. • There are higher than average percentages of journeys to work which are by car and people with at least 2 hour daily commute. • A higher percentage than average of people did not complete year 12. • The rate of homeless people (estimated) per 1,000 population is lower than the state measure. • Social housing as a percentage of total dwellings is below the state measure.

Health status and service utilisation • The rate of cancer incidence per 1,000 males is among the highest in the state. • The percentage of people reporting osteoporosis is among the lowest in the state. • The percentage of people who could definitely access community services and resources is among the highest in the state. • The percentage of males who attended a specialist is among the highest in the state. • The rate of people with dementia (estimated) per 1,000 population is well above average. • Cancer incidence per 1,000 population is higher than the state measure. • The percentage of people reporting poor dental health is lower than average.

Child and family characteristics and service utilisation • The percentage of children attending 3.5 year old maternal and child health checks is among the lowest in the state. • Kindergarten participation is among the highest in the state. • The rates of child protection investigations completed and child protection substantiations per 1,000 eligible population are both slightly higher than the state measures.

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 1 Community

Geography

Departmental Region Southern Metropolitan Departmental Area Bayside Peninsula Area of LGA 724.0 km2 Most populous community Mornington Distance to Melbourne 54 km Travel time to Melbourne 52 minutes Remoteness area Major Cities of

Land use

Commercial 0.2% Industrial 0.5% Residential 17.4% Rural 55.6% Other 26.2%

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 2 Demographics

Annual population change

LGA measure State measure Actual annual population change, 2004 - 2014 1.2% 1.7% Projected annual population change, 2014 - 2024 1.3% 1.7%

Population by age group and sex, 2014

Females Males Total LGA measure State measure 00-14 13,503 13,964 27,467 17.9% 18.3% 15-24 8,386 9,104 17,490 11.4% 13.3% 25-44 17,059 15,767 32,826 21.3% 29.2% 45-64 21,427 19,319 40,746 26.5% 24.4% 65-84 16,167 14,378 30,545 19.9% 12.8% 85+ 2,882 1,844 4,726 3.1% 2.0% Total 79,424 74,376 153,800 100.0% 100.0%

Population profile, 2014

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 3 Projected population by age group and sex, 2024

Females Males Total LGA measure State measure 00-14 14,369 14,955 29,324 16.7% 18.4% 15-24 9,555 10,050 19,605 11.2% 12.1% 25-44 17,109 17,798 34,907 19.9% 28.9% 45-64 23,332 21,488 44,820 25.5% 23.6% 65-84 22,001 18,573 40,574 23.1% 14.9% 85+ 3,767 2,530 6,297 3.6% 2.2% Total 90,133 85,394 175,527 100.0% 100.0%

Projected population profile, 2024

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 4 Population projections by age group and sex, 2014 and 2024

Fertility rate

LGA measure LGA rank State measure Total fertility rate 2.1 44 1.8 Teenage fertility rate 9.9 44 10.4

Diversity

LGA measure LGA rank State measure People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin 0.8% 49 0.9% People born overseas 19.2% 28 27.7% Top 5 overseas countries of birth United 10.1% Kingdom New Zealand 1.4% Italy 0.8% Netherlands 0.7% Germany 0.6% People born in a non-English speaking country 6.7% 37 20.9% People who speak a language other than English at home 5.2% 38 24.2%

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 5 LGA measure LGA rank State measure Top 5 languages other than English Italian 1.1% Greek 0.8% German 0.4% Dutch 0.3% Croatian 0.2% People with low English proficiency 0.6% 45 4.2% Top 5 ancestries English 44.1% Australian 25.6% Irish 6.2% Scottish 4.8% Italian 2.7% New settler arrivals per 100,000 population 121.6 45 682.5 Humanitarian new settler arrivals 0.0% 36 9.3% People who believe multiculturalism makes life better 41.1% 50 51.0%

Social engagement and crime

LGA measure LGA rank State measure Family violence incidents per 1,000 population 12.7 38 12.4 Drug usage and possession offences per 1,000 4.4 39 5.1 population Total offences per 1,000 population 69.7 43 82.6 People who feel safe on streets alone 67.5% 44 61.2% People who believe other people can be trusted 43.0% 39 39.1% People who spoke with more than 5 people the previous 81.1% 23 78.4% day People who are definitely able to get help from neighbours 53.0% 60 54.5% People who help as volunteer 20.2% 56 19.3% People who feel valued by society 50.4% 63 52.9% People who attended a local community event 68.4% 37 55.7% People who are members of a sports group 28.6% 49 26.5% People who are members of a religious group 16.0% 49 17.9% People who rated their community as an active 89.5% 40 81.8% community People who rated their community as a pleasant 97.6% 14 95.1% environment People who rated their community as good or very good 67.4% 32 61.3% for community and support groups

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 6 Socio-economic characteristics

Economic and employment characteristics

LGA measure LGA rank State measure Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD) 1,023 58 1,010 Percentage of highly disadvantaged SA1s 15.9% 52 20.0% Unemployment rate 5.4% 45 6.3% People with income less than $400 per week 39.5% 57 39.9% Females with income less than $400 per week 47.6% 48 47.1% Males with income less than $400 per week 30.6% 58 32.1% Families headed by one parent 15.4% 32 15.5% Percentage of families headed by a female 82.2% 41 82.8% Percentage of families headed by a male 17.8% 39 17.2% Low income families with children 8.4% 45 8.7% Median household income $1,054 37 $1,216 Gaming machine losses per adult population $649 17 $553 People who delayed medical consultation, unable to 13.7% 64 14.4% afford People who delayed purchasing prescribed medication, 10.6% 62 11.1% unable to afford People with food insecurity 7.3% 9 4.6%

Housing, homelessness and transport characteristics

LGA measure LGA rank State measure Households with mortgage stress 11.5% 35 11.4% Households with rental stress 30.3% 8 25.1% Rental housing that is affordable 18.5% 55 19.1% Median house price $523,334 23 $393,000 Median weekly rent for 3-bedroom home $350 23 $340 New dwellings approved per 1,000 population 8.2 35 11.6 Social housing dwellings 1,441 NA 85,386 Social housing as a percentage of total dwellings 1.8% 57 3.9% Homeless people (estimated) per 1,000 population 1.8 58 4.0 Journeys to work which are by car 72.7% 16 66.2% Journeys to work which are by public transport 2.8% 41 11.1% People with at least 2 hour daily commute 14.3% 18 11.6% Dwellings with no motor vehicle 5.2% 55 8.7%

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 7 Education characteristics

LGA measure LGA rank State measure Full-time equivalent students 25,513 NA 914,073 Year 9 students attaining national minimum literacy 93.1% 30 92.0% standards Year 9 students attaining national minimum numeracy 96.3% 34 95.6% standards People 19 years old having completed year 12 85.8% 39 88.2% People who did not complete year 12 52.2% 48 43.7% People who completed a higher education qualification 32.7% 36 45.7% Students attending public schools 64.8% 39 61.6%

Health and wellbeing

Health conditions

LGA measure LGA rank State measure People reporting asthma 10.0% 56 10.9% People reporting type 2 diabetes 6.0% 17 5.0% People reporting high blood pressure 28.7% 20 25.9% People reporting heart disease 6.9% 41 6.9% People reporting osteoporosis 3.0% 77 5.3% People reporting arthritis 17.5% 69 19.8% People with dementia (estimated) per 1,000 population 25.1 13 16.8 People reporting being obese 17.3% 53 18.8% Females reporting being obese 11.8% 70 17.2% Males reporting being obese 24.8% 22 20.4% People reporting being pre-obese 32.7% 34 31.2% Females reporting being pre-obese 26.7% 24 24.3% Males reporting being pre-obese 38.3% 42 38.4% Cancer incidence per 1,000 population 7.7 11 5.2 Cancer incidence per 1,000 females 6.2 22 4.8 Cancer incidence per 1,000 males 9.4 6 5.6 People reporting poor dental health 3.6% 70 5.6% Notifications of pertussis per 100,000 population 82.6 36 80.9 Notifications of influenza per 100,000 population 409.0 15 293.8 Notifications of chlamydia per 100,000 population 325.1 26 330.7

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 8 Health behaviours

LGA measure LGA rank State measure People aged over 18 who are current smokers 13.1% 46 13.1% People at increased risk of alcohol-related harm on a 52.9% 19 42.5% single occasion of drinking People who do not meet dietary guidelines for either fruit 48.8% 48 48.6% or vegetable consumption Females who do not meet dietary guidelines for either 48.7% 18 43.4% fruit or vegetable consumption Males who do not meet dietary guidelines for either fruit 49.8% 65 54.0% or vegetable consumption People who drink sugar-sweetened soft drink every day 9.9% 58 11.2% People who do not meet physical activity guidelines 55.2% 30 54.0% Females who do not meet physical activity guidelines 62.8% 10 56.1% Males who do not meet physical activity guidelines 48.3% 58 52.0% Breast cancer screening participation 52.4% 47 52.0% Cervical cancer screening participation 65.0% 21 61.5% Bowel cancer screening participation 38.6% 46 37.6%

Children and young person characteristics

LGA measure LGA rank State measure Babies with low birth weight NA NA 6.6% Infants fully breastfed at 3 months 47.6% 54 51.8% Children fully immunised between 24 and 27 months 91.6% 40 90.5% Children attending 3.5 year old maternal and child health 57.2% 73 66.1% checks Kindergarten participation 108.8% 7 98.1% Children with kindergarten fee subsidy 24.1% 55 26.8% Children with emotional or behavioural problems at school 4.3% 43 4.6% entry Children with speech or language problems at school 14.4% 49 14.2% entry Children developmentally vulnerable in one or more 18.1% 43 19.5% domains Children developmentally vulnerable in two or more 8.5% 47 9.5% domains

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 9 Aged and disability characteristics

LGA measure LGA rank State measure People with need for assistance with core activity 5.1% 50 5.0% People of all ages with severe and profound disability 4.0% 50 4.0% living in the community People aged over 65 years with severe and profound 10.5% 67 13.7% disability living in the community People receiving disability services support per 1,000 7.2 62 8.9 population Disability support pension recipients per 1,000 eligible 59.3 44 51.3 population People aged over 75 years who live alone 35.4% 56 35.9% Percentage of people aged over 75 years who live alone 71.5% 55 73.9% who are female Percentage of people aged over 75 years who live alone 28.5% 25 26.1% who are male Aged care residential places 1,834 NA 51,131 Age pension recipients per 1,000 eligible population 695.4 60 707.4

Life expectancy, wellbeing, injury and mortality

LGA measure LGA rank State measure Female life expectancy 83.5 54 84.4 Male life expectancy 79.8 22 80.3 People reporting fair or poor health status 13.0% 57 15.9% Females reporting fair or poor health status 11.3% 58 15.6% Males reporting fair or poor health status 15.1% 41 16.2% People reporting high/very high psychological distress 8.1% 70 12.6% People reporting adequate work-life balance 56.6% 15 53.1% Unintentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 75.5 23 61.0 population Intentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 population 4.1 15 3.0 Unintentional injuries due to falls 41.2% 21 38.7% Indirect standardised death rate per 1,000 population 5.0 64 5.3 Avoidable deaths among people aged less than 75 years, 109.5 53 109.0 all causes, per 100,000 population Avoidable deaths among people aged less than 75 years, 28.8 14 23.8 cancer, per 100,000 population Avoidable deaths among people aged less than 75 years, 22.3 55 23.0 cardiovascular diseases, per 100,000 population Avoidable deaths among people aged less than 75 years, 4.8 61 8.1 respiratory diseases, per 100,000 population

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 10 Service System

Providers

Primary Health Network (PHN) South Eastern Melbourne Primary Care Partnership (PCP) Frankston-Mornington Peninsula Primary Care Partnership Most frequently attended public hospital

Access

LGA measure LGA rank State measure General practitioners per 1,000 population 1.1 49 1.2 General practice clinics per 1,000 population 0.3 47 0.3 Allied health service sites per 1,000 population 1.1 21 0.9 Dental service sites per 1,000 population 0.3 21 0.3 Pharmacies per 1,000 population 0.3 36 0.2 People who could definitely access community services 91.4% 5 85.2% and resources People who live near public transport 46.1% 42 73.9% People with private health insurance 52.5% 16 48.0%

Hospital utilisation

LGA measure LGA rank State measure Hospital inpatient separations per 1,000 population 557.1 10 441.6 Percentage of inpatient separations from public 49.1% 70 61.4% hospitals Percentage of inpatient separations from private 50.9% 10 38.6% hospitals Inpatient separations from most frequently attended 49.9% 35 NA public hospital Average length of stay (days), all hospital inpatients 2.8 43 2.8 Average length of stay (days), public hospital inpatients 3.3 18 3.0 Average length of stay (days), private hospital inpatients 2.4 59 2.4 Annual change in inpatient separations between 2004/05 2.7% 31 3.0% and 2014/15 Projected annual change in inpatient separations 3.1% 21 3.1% between 2014/15 and 2026/27 ACSC (PPH) separations for all conditions per 1,000 33.6 15 26.0 population

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 11 LGA measure LGA rank State measure ACSC (PPH) separations for acute conditions per 1,000 15.7 8 11.2 population ACSC (PPH) separations for chronic conditions per 1,000 17.0 26 13.3 population ACSC (PPH) separations for vaccine preventable 1.1 52 1.7 conditions per 1,000 population Average length of stay (days), all ACSC (PPH) 4.0 50 4.0 separations Emergency department presentations per 1,000 285.3 24 263.0 population Annual change in emergency department presentations 2.9% 49 3.0% between 2004/05 and 2014/15 Projected annual change in emergency department 2.3% 40 3.1% presentations between 2014/15 and 2026/27 Primary care type emergency department presentations 95.7 36 103.0 per 1,000 population

Child protection, family services and youth justice utilisation

LGA measure LGA rank State measure Child protection investigations completed per 1,000 22.8 32 19.4 eligible population Child protection substantiations per 1,000 population 14.6 26 11.4 eligible population Child FIRST assessments per 1,000 eligible population 8.9 53 10.1

Health and aged services utilisation

LGA measure LGA rank State measure GP attendances per 1,000 population 5,995.9 35 5,889.0 GP attendances per 1,000 females 6,847.7 35 6,740.9 GP attendances per 1,000 males 5,086.4 36 5,019.2 Specialist attendances per 1,000 population 1,759.7 8 1,363.5 Diagnostic imaging services per 1,000 population 1,154.4 10 970.6 People who attended a GP 92.8% 33 90.1% Females who attended a GP 96.3% 42 94.4% Males who attended a GP 89.1% 24 85.6% People who attended a specialist 39.6% 8 34.3% Females who attended a specialist 42.2% 13 37.6% Males who attended a specialist 36.8% 6 30.9% GP attendances bulk billed 72.4% 67 82.8% Specialist attendances bulk billed 22.5% 68 30.4%

Mornington Peninsula (S) Page 12 LGA measure LGA rank State measure Diagnostic imaging services bulk billed 68.3% 53 75.0% People receiving prescriptions 76.7% 21 71.1% Females receiving prescriptions 81.8% 31 76.9% Males receiving prescriptions 71.3% 19 65.3% Average patient contribution for prescriptions $8.83 36 $9.09 HACC clients aged less than 65 years per 1,000 target 499.4 18 305.3 population HACC clients aged 65 years and over per 1,000 target 1,071.1 28 737.8 population Clients that received Alcohol & Drug Treatment Services 4.9 39 5.0 per 1,000 population Registered mental health clients per 1,000 population 12.3 49 11.9

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