Greater Shepparton (C)

Greater Shepparton is located in the Goulburn Valley, 190 km north of Melbourne. Population growth in Greater Shepparton has been modest since 2002 and is projected to increase somewhat to 2022 but remain below average. Children under 15 are overrepresented while adults aged 25-44 are underrepresented. The percentage of population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin is the third highest in the state, at 4.2%. Nearly 11% of the population was born in a non-English speaking country and around 13% speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Italian and Arabic. Year 9 educational attainment is below average, as is the percentage of the population who completed year 12 or have a higher education degree. Crime rates are higher than average, and the percentage of the population who feel safe on the street after dark is one of the lowest in the state. Unemployment is high, median household income relatively low, and the concentration of social housing is above average. There are higher than average rates of disability support and age pension recipients. Greater Shepparton scored poorly on a number of health conditions and indicators, including asthma, heart disease, obesity and low birth weight babies. The percentage who do not meet physical activity and fruit/vegetable consumption guidelines is above average, particularly for males. Rates of intentional and unintentional injury are both well above average, as are avoidable deaths due to all causes. The main public hospital attended is Goulburn Valley Hospital, and this accounts for over 81% of separations. Rates of emergency department presentations and primary care type presentations are higher than average, while GP attendances are below average. The proportions of mental health clients and drug and alcohol clients in the population are above average.

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 1 1 Community capacity

Geography

Metropolitan/rural Greater Shepparton (C) Departmental region Hume Area of LGA 2,421 km ASGS LGA code 22830 Most populous community in LGA Shepparton - Mooroopna Distance to Melbourne 178 km Travel time to Melbourne 2 hours 7 minutes Remoteness area Inner Regional Australia ARIA measures (low/average/high) (0.87 / 1.45 / 2.35)

Land use

Business 0.1% Industrial 0.3% Residential 1.7% Rural 89.5% Other 8.4%

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 Shepparton (C) Victoria

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 2 Per annum population change

Time period LGA Victoria 2002–2012, Percentage of actual change 0.73% 1.57% 2012–2022, Percentage of projected change 1.14% 1.58%

2012 population by age and sex

% total LGA % total VIC Females Males Total population population 00–14 6,351 6,711 13,062 20.9% 18.3% 15–24 4,034 4,314 8,348 13.4% 13.6% 25–44 7,967 7,952 15,919 25.5% 29.2% 45–64 7,806 7,857 15,663 25.1% 24.5% 65–84 4,091 3,980 8,071 12.9% 12.4% 85+ 870 453 1,323 2.1% 2.0% Total 31,119 31,267 62,386 100.0% 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

3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 Males Females

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 3 Fertility rate

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Total fertility rate 2.25 20 1.82 Teenage fertility rate 25.51 7 10.38

Diversity

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population 4.2% 3 0.8% Percentage of population born overseas 14.0% 36 27.7% Percentage of population born in non-English 10.7% 28 20.9% speaking country United Kingdom 1.9% Italy 1.7%

Top 5 overseas countries of birth India 1.4% New Zealand 1.1% Iraq 0.7%

Percentage speaking language other than English 13.2% 26 24.2% at home Italian 2.9% Arabic 1.8%

Top 5 languages spoken other than English Turkish 1.0% Punjabi 0.9% Dari 0.6%

Percentage with low English proficiency 3.0% 22 4.0% English 35.2% Australian 26.9%

Top 5 ancestries Italian 6.7% Irish 6.2%

Scottish 3.5%

New settler arrivals per 100,000 population 984.2 25 1,415.1 Humanitarian arrivals as a percentage of new 24.6% 4 7.2% settlers Community acceptance of diverse cultures 44.3% 45 50.6%

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 4 Social engagement and crime

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage 952 13 NA Percentage of households with broadband internet 64.6% 52 72.6% Gaming machine losses per head of adult $592.5 26 $549.5 population Family incidents per 1,000 population 19.9 6 10.8 Drug usage and possession offences per 1,000 8.2 4 3.8 population Total offences per 1,000 population 92.7 12 72.2 Percentage who feel safe walking alone during the 97.4% 57 97.0% day Percentage who feel safe on street alone after 53.5% 77 70.3% dark Percentage who help out as a volunteer 21.6% 51 19.3% Participation in citizen engagement in last year 54.9% 49 50.5% Social networking used to organise time with 34.4% 29 35.1% family/friends Percentage who believe there are good facilities 82.4% 32 85.2% and services in the LGA

2 Socio-economic factors

Economic and employment characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unemployment rate 6.6% 13 5.8% Percentage of individuals with income less than 41.3% 42 39.9% $400 per week Percentage of females with income less than $400 47.4% 49 47.1% per week Percentage of males with income less than $400 34.9% 35 32.1% per week Percentage of families headed by one parent 17.2% 13 15.5% Proportion who are female 83.4% 15 82.8% Proportion who are male 16.6% 65 17.2% Median household income $980 45 $1,216 Percentage of low income families with children 14.3% 2 8.7% Percentage of population with food insecurity 5.4% 26 4.6%

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 5 Housing, transport and sustainability characteristics

LGA measure Rank among Victoria LGAs measure Mortgage stress 13.3% 18 11.4% Rental stress 27.9% 20 25.1% Percentage of rental housing that is affordable 69.4% 27 18.4% Median house price $240,000 55 $412,000 Median rent for three bedroom home $260 49 $320 New dwellings approved per 1,000 population 4.9 52 8.6 Social housing as a percentage of total dwellings 6.7% 9 3.8% Number of social housing dwellings 1,614 NA 84,037 Percentage of work journeys which are by car 76.0% 3 66.2%

Percentage of work journeys which are by public 0.7% 58 11.1% transport Persons with at least 2 hour daily commute 2.4% 59 11.6% Percentage of dwellings with no motor vehicle 7.5% 26 8.7% Passenger vehicles per 1,000 population 611.5 50 606.8

Percentage of passenger vehicles more than ten 52.8% 41 47.7% years old

Education characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Full-time equivalent students 11,618 NA 869,698 Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 87.4% 74 93.5% minimum standards in literacy Percentage of year 9 students who attain national 90.9% 72 95.0% minimum standards in numeracy Percentage of 19 year olds completing year 12 76.9% 65 84.2% Percentage of persons who did not complete year 61.9% 27 43.7% 12 Percentage of persons who completed a higher 29.7% 42 45.7% education qualification Percentage of students attending government 66.2% 34 61.6% school

3 Health and wellbeing

Health conditions

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons reporting asthma 13.7% 15 10.9% Percentage of persons reporting type 2 diabetes 4.9% 39 5.0%

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 6 Percentage of persons reporting high blood 25.6% 40 24.5% pressure Percentage of persons reporting heart disease 8.1% 18 6.9% Percentage of persons reporting osteoporosis 4.6% 61 5.3% Percentage of persons reporting arthritis 19.0% 57 19.8% Percentage of persons overweight 32.4% 48 32.5% Percentage of females overweight 32.5% 8 24.6% Percentage of males overweight 32.2% 75 40.6% Percentage of persons obese 26.4% 5 17.3% Percentage of females obese 27.3% 5 17.2% Percentage of males obese 25.3% 11 17.4% Cancer incidence per 100,000 population 512.9 60 522.0 Cancer incidence per 100,000 females 465.9 53 468.1 Cancer incidence per 100,000 males 559.7 60 577.0 Poor dental health 3.2% 72 5.6% Notifications of Pertussis per 1,000 population 0.6 49 0.8 Notifications of Influenza per 1,000 population 0.4 69 1.1 Notifications of Chlamydia per 1,000 population 3.3 25 3.5

Health behaviours

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of persons 18+ who are current 14.0% 60 15.7% smokers Percentage of females 18+ who are current 13.8% 36 12.9% smokers Percentage of males 18+ who are current smokers 14.2% 64 18.5% Percentage of persons at risk of short-term harm 5.9% 75 9.1% from alcohol consumption Percentage of persons who do not meet fruit and 54.9% 22 51.1% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet fruit and 46.1% 38 45.5% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet fruit and 63.7% 18 56.9% vegetable dietary guidelines Percentage of persons who drink soft drink every 11.3% 66 15.9% day Percentage of persons who share a meal with 69.3% 42 66.3% family at least 5 days per week Percentage of persons who do not meet physical 38.9% 4 32.1% activity guidelines Percentage of females who do not meet physical 38.6% 9 33.6% activity guidelines Percentage of males who do not meet physical 38.7% 7 30.4% activity guidelines

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 7 Percentage of persons who sit for at least 7 hours 26.9% 38 32.6% per day Percentage of persons who visit a green space at 44.6% 54 50.7% least once per week Percentage of breast cancer screening 56.2% 40 54.6% participation Percentage of cervical cancer screening 57.2% 58 60.2% participation Percentage of bowel cancer screening 38.5% 37 36.5% participation

Children and young person characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Low birth weight babies 7.9% 8 6.6% Percentage of infants fully breastfed at three 42.5% 70 51.4% months Percentage of children fully immunised at 24–27 93.7% 39 91.7% months Percentage of children attending 3 year old 65.4% 52 64.4% maternal and child health checks Kindergarten participation rate 94.6% NA 98.0% Percentage of children with kindergarten subsidy 42.1% 14 24.6% Percentage of children with emotional or 6.2% 12 4.3% behavioural problems at school entry Percentage of children with speech or language 18.5% 16 13.8% problems at school entry Percentage of adolescents who report being 21.6% 13 17.9% recently bullied Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 24.6% 16 19.5% in one or more domains Percentage of children developmentally vulnerable 11.6% 20 9.5% in two or more domains Rate of substantiated child abuse per 1,000 10.9 16 6.7 population Rate of children on child protection orders per 8.5 26 5.2 1,000 population Rate of children in out of home care per 1,000 7.7 24 4.6 population

Aged and disability characteristics

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Percentage of population with need for assistance 5.8% 32 5.0% with core activity People with severe and profound disability living in 4.3% 40 4.0% the community (all ages)

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 8 People with severe and profound disability living in 12.7% 31 13.7% the community (65+) Disability support pension recipients per 1,000 92.3 15 54.9 eligible population Percentage of persons aged 75+ who live alone 38.7% 38 35.9% Proportion who are female 73.9% 31 73.9% Proportion who are male 26.1% 49 26.1% Aged care places (high care) per 1,000 eligible 53.1 11 40.9 population Aged care places (low care) per 1,000 eligible 56.5 15 44.4 population Age pension recipients per 1,000 eligible 757.2 22 694.3 population

Life expectancy and wellbeing

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Male life expectancy 77.9 60 80.3 Female life expectancy 83.8 40 84.4 Percentage persons reporting fair or poor health 15.1% 39 15.9% Percentagestatus of females reporting fair or poor health 18.2% 11 16.2% Percentage of males reporting fair or poor health 12.1% 65 15.6% status Percentage of persons reporting a high/very high 10.6% 38 11.1% degree of psychological distress Percentage of persons sleeping less than 7 hours 33.4% 22 31.5% per day Percentage persons with adequate work-life 53.7% 24 53.1% balance

Injury and mortality

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Unintentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 105.4 11 59.1 population Intentional injuries treated in hospital per 1,000 6.6 3 3.1 population Percentage of unintentional injuries due to falls 35.8% 50 37.3% Indirect standardised death rate per 100,000 5.8 45 5.6 population Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 184.6 19 148.2 years, due to all causes Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 67.2 23 61.4 years, due to cancer Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 38.5 48 39.8 years, due to cardiovascular diseases Avoidable deaths per 100,000 population, 0–74 7.5 54 8.4 years, due to respiratory diseases

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 9 4 Service system

Services and access

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Medicare Local that LGA is located in Goulburn Valley Primary care partnership Goulburn Valley Primary Care Partnership Number of hospitals/health services 3 NA 305 General practitioners per 1,000 population 1.3 21 1.2 General practice clinics per 1,000 population 0.5 56 0.5 Dental service sites per 1,000 population 0.2 36 0.2 Allied health service sites per 1,000 population 0.4 63 0.5 Pharmacies per 1,000 population 0.2 46 0.2 Number of schools 42 NA 2,238 Percentage of population near to public transport 54.7% 36 74.2% Percentage of population with private health 35.1% 64 48.0% insurance

Hospital utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure Hospital inpatient separations per 1,000 population 430.8 42 419.8 Percentage of inpatient separations in private 25.8% 50 39.4% hospital Main public hospital attended Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] Separations from most frequently attended public 81.2% NA NA hospital Average length of stay, public hospital inpatients 3.0 62 3.2 (days) Average length of stay, total hospital inpatients 2.9 47 2.9 (days) Per annum change in hospital inpatient 1.16% 60 2.76% separations, 2002–03 to 2012–13 Projected per annum change in separations, 2.25% 24 2.78% 2012–13 to 2021–22 Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) – 43.1 26 36.1 admission rate per 1,000 population ACSC – average length of stay (days) 5.0 52 5.1 Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) – 15.3 21 12.7 acute admissions per 1,000 population ACSC – chronic admissions per 1,000 population 28.4 31 23.5 ACSC – vaccine preventable admissions per 0.4 72 0.9 1,000 population Emergency Department presentations per 1000 390.4 14 258.8 population

Greater Shepparton (C) Page 10 ED presentations which are primary care type per 170.3 17 107.5 1000 population

Other service utilisation

Rank among Victoria LGA measure LGAs measure GP attendances per 1,000 population – male 4,133.9 46 4,633.4 GP attendances per 1,000 population – female 5,797.0 44 6,257.0 GP attendances per 1,000 population – total 4,967.3 46 5,452.1 HACC clients aged 0–69 per 1,000 target 143.9 43 142.3

HACC clients aged 70 and over per 1,000 target 371.1 66 407.9 population Drug and alcohol clients per 1,000 population 10.7 12 5.8 Registered mental health clients per 1,000 18.2 14 11.1 population

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