Northern Rivers CLSD Expressed Legal Need LawAccess NSW, Legal Aid NSW & NSW Community Legal Centres LGAs: Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed The CLSD region is based on information provided to the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW in February 2019. Prepared by the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW using the Legal Assistance Services Data Digest Enquiries to: [email protected] © Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales, February 2019. This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in part or in whole for educational purposes as long as proper credit is given to the Foundation. Prepared by Delphine Bellerose & Sarah Randell. The Cooperative Legal Service Delivery Program (CLSD) Program comprises twelve justice partnerships in regional and remote NSW. ➢ About the CLSD Program This data pack provides a profile of the Northern Rivers CLSD region using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Legal Assistance Services Data Digest (LASDD) compiled by the Law and Justice Foundation. It also uses the Foundation’s Collaborative Planning Resource (CPR) to present data on Need for Legal Assistance Service (NLAS) indicators and priority groups. ➢ About the CPR ➢ Definitions for the Foundation’s CPR NLAS indicators and CPR priority groups CLSD regions are based on Local Government Area (LGA) boundaries. LASDD data is presented by LGA in tables and graphs. Maps present data by postcode for a more precise visual representation and may therefore cover a slightly larger area than the CLSD region. ➢ About the geographies, including LGAs and postal areas, used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics February 2019 2 Where do people live in the Northern Rivers CLSD region? Population number by postcode LGAs: Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed Local Court Major roads Number increases with darker shading. 3 Source: ABS 2016 Census February 2019 Where do Aboriginal people live in the Northern Rivers CLSD region? Population number by postcode LGAs: Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed Local Court Major roads Number increases with darker shading. 4 Source: ABS 2016 Census February 2019 Where do legal enquiries come from in the Northern Rivers CLSD region? Number (Rate per 1,000) by postcode LGAs: Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed Local Court Major roads Number increases with darker shading. Source: LJF LASDD LawAccess NSW, Legal 5 February 2019 Aid NSW (Advice) and NSW CLCs (2016) Need for Legal Assistance Services (NLAS) indicators in the Northern Rivers CLSD region – population numbers and percentages by LGA LGAs: Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed Richmond CLSD Ballina Byron Kyogle Lismore Tweed NSW Indicator / Population Valley Region N N N N N N N N NLAS(Capability) 2,124 1,442 829 2,735 2,021 5,538 14,689 414,200 NLAS(ATSI) 444 205 163 726 533 1,199 3,270 68,769 NLAS(CALD) 501 762 105 770 150 1,480 3,768 734,493 NLAS($52K) 3,896 2,581 1,320 4,954 3,654 9,832 26,237 718,720 NLAS(65+) 849 337 319 946 871 2,158 5,480 159,534 Population (all) 41,786 31,556 8,939 43,134 22,805 91,374 239,594 7,480,230 Population (15 and over) 34,861 26,267 7,479 35,429 18,439 76,051 198,526 6,093,897 Population (15-64) 24,392 20,946 5,421 27,575 13,316 52,908 144,558 4,876,257 Population (65 and over) 10,460 5,325 2,055 7,850 5,121 23,140 53,951 1,217,642 Richmond CLSD Ballina Byron Kyogle Lismore Tweed NSW Indicator Valley Region % % % % % % % % NLAS(Capability) 8.7 6.9 15.3 9.9 15.2 10.5 10.2 8.5 NLAS(ATSI) 1.3 0.8 2.2 2.0 2.9 1.6 1.6 1.1 NLAS(CALD) 1.4 2.9 1.4 2.2 0.8 1.9 1.9 12.1 NLAS($52K) 16.0 12.3 24.3 18.0 27.4 18.6 18.1 14.7 NLAS(65+) 8.1 6.3 15.5 12.1 17.0 9.3 10.2 13.1 Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census. Red cells indicate the LGA has a higher proportion of the priority group than the state average. Green cells indicate it is lower. Percentages for NLAS(Capability) and NLAS($52K) are based on the 15-64 population. Percentages for NLAS(ATSI) and NLAS(CALD) are based on the 15+ population. Percentages for NLAS (65+) are based on the 65+ population. Source: ABS 2016 Census 6 February 2019 NLAS indicators in the Northern Rivers CLSD region – percentages LGAs: Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed 30.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 Percentage 10.0 5.0 0.0 Ballina Byron Kyogle Lismore Richmond Valley Tweed CLSD Region NSW NLAS(Capability) NLAS(ATSI) NLAS(CALD) NLAS($52K) NLAS(65+) Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census. Percentages for NLAS(Capability) and NLAS($52K) are based on the 15-64 population. Percentages for NLAS(ATSI) and NLAS(CALD) are based on the 15+ population. Percentages for NLAS (65+) are based on the 65+ population. Source: ABS 2016 Census 7 February 2019 Northern Rivers CLSD – Need for legal assistance services NLAS(Capability) Population number by postcode LGAs: Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed NLAS(Capability): a count Local Court Major roads of people aged 15 to 64 who are likely to need legal Number increases with darker shading. assistance should they experience a problem due to their low level of personal income and educational attainment. • personal income < $500/week or < $25,990/year • highest year of school completion is Year 12 for those aged 15-39, Year 11 for those aged 40-49, Year 10 for those aged 50-64 • not currently a full time or part time student • do not have a non-school qualification. Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census. 8 February 2019 Source: ABS 2016 Census Northern Rivers CLSD – NLAS(Capability) and Rate of enquiries NLAS(Capability) population by postcode Number (Rate per 1,000 of the general population) of enquiries by postcode Local Court Major roads Number increases with darker shading. Source: ABS 2016 Census & LJF LASDD LawAccess NSW, Legal Aid NSW (Advice) and NSW CLCs (2016) 9 February 2019 Priority group profile of the Northern Rivers CLSD region – population numbers LGAs: Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed Richmond CLSD Ballina Byron Kyogle Lismore Tweed NSW Population / Priority Group Valley Region N N N N N N N N Population (all) 41,786 31,556 8,939 43,134 22,805 91,374 239,594 7,480,230 Population (15 and over) 34,861 26,267 7,479 35,429 18,439 76,051 198,526 6,093,897 Population (15-64) 24,392 20,946 5,421 27,575 13,316 52,908 144,558 4,876,257 People with a personal income <$26K (15 and over) 13,289 9,518 3,701 14,773 8,403 32,036 81,720 2,286,827 People with a personal income <$52K (15 and over) 22,973 16,644 5,518 24,764 13,542 52,189 135,630 3,674,857 People with an equivalised household income <$26K (all ages) 8,207 6,022 2,972 10,182 6,429 20,325 54,137 1,343,031 People with a lower education (15-64) 4,665 3,099 1,551 5,891 4,287 12,099 31,592 952,621 Unemployed people (15 and over) 1,084 946 310 1,529 692 2,716 7,277 225,552 Single parents (15 and over) 1,885 1,571 428 2,363 1,178 4,466 11,891 310,906 Children and youth (0-24) 10,881 8,096 2,291 12,943 6,994 24,243 65,448 2,324,426 Disengaged youth (15-24) 143 115 53 235 139 403 1,088 31,701 Older people (65 and over) 10,460 5,325 2,055 7,850 5,121 23,140 53,951 1,217,642 People with a disability (14 and under) 221 86 47 271 159 415 1,199 34,224 People with a disability (15-64) 825 599 324 1,232 716 2,111 5,807 147,096 ATSI peoples (14 and under) 444 159 118 768 627 1,188 3,304 74,269 ATSI peoples (15 and over) 924 410 266 1,400 1,006 2,429 6,435 141,902 ATSI peoples with personal income <$52K (15 and over) 680 316 225 1,102 807 1,862 4,992 103,673 CALD people (15 and over) 1,220 1,704 184 1,507 305 3,063 7,983 1,584,606 People with poor English proficiency (15 and over) 76 76 15 161 36 275 639 274,032 People who do not access internet from dwelling (15 and over) 4,107 2,135 1,482 4,372 3,792 10,231 26,119 603,051 People experiencing homelessness (all ages) 77 327 34 309 73 444 1,264 37,711 People living in rural or remote areas (all ages) 0 0 2,049 0 526 0 2,575 468,992 Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census. Source: ABS 2016 Census 10 February 2019 Priority group profile of the Northern Rivers CLSD region – percentages LGAs: Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed Richmond CLSD Ballina Byron Kyogle Lismore Tweed NSW Priority Group Valley Region % % % % % % % % People with a personal income <$26K (15 and over) 31.8 30.2 41.4 34.2 36.8 35.1 34.1 30.6 People with a personal income <$52K (15 and over) 55.0 52.7 61.7 57.4 59.4 57.1 56.6 49.1 People with an equivalised household income <$26K (all ages) 19.6 19.1 33.2 23.6 28.2 22.2 22.6 18.0 People with a lower education (15-64) 11.2 9.8 17.4 13.7 18.8 13.2 13.2 12.7 Unemployed people (15 and over) 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 Single parents (15 and over) 4.5 5.0 4.8 5.5 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.2 Children and youth (0-24) 26.0 25.7 25.6 30.0 30.7 26.5 27.3 31.1 Disengaged youth (15-24) 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 Older people (65 and over) 25.0 16.9 23.0 18.2 22.5 25.3 22.5 16.3 People with a disability (14 and under) 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 People with a disability (15-64) 2.0 1.9 3.6 2.9 3.1 2.3 2.4 2.0 ATSI peoples (14 and under) 1.1 0.5 1.3 1.8 2.7 1.3 1.4 1.0 ATSI peoples (15 and over) 2.2 1.3 3.0 3.2 4.4 2.7 2.7 1.9 ATSI peoples with personal income <$52K (15 and over) 1.6 1.0 2.5 2.6 3.5 2.0 2.1 1.4 CALD people (15 and over) 2.9 5.4 2.1 3.5 1.3 3.4 3.3 21.2 People with poor English proficiency (15 and over) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 3.7 People who do not access internet from dwelling (15 and over) 9.8 6.8 16.6 10.1 16.6 11.2 10.9 8.1 People experiencing homelessness (all ages) 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 People living in rural or remote areas (all ages) 0.0 0.0 22.9 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.1 6.3 Note: These are minimum counts based on persons declaring these characteristics to the Census.