! ! Mount Alexander Shire Community Health and Wellbeing Profile September 19th, 2018 Further information about this profile: Shelly Lavery, Executive Officer - Central Victorian Primary Care Partnership t: 03 5472 5333 l m: 0413252316 l e: [email protected] w: www.centralvicpcp.com.au © This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. Suggested citation: Mount Alexander Shire Population Health and Wellbeing Profile - September 2018, Nancy Vaughan, Central Victorian Primary Care Partnership 2018 Prepared by Nancy Vaughan for the Central Victorian Primary Care Partnership [email protected] 0408 001 710 www.nancyvaughan.com 2 Contents Table of Figures .................................................................................................................................... 6! Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................... 12! Glossary .............................................................................................................................................. 13! Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................... 14! Data Notes ......................................................................................................................................... 15! SA3 Map ............................................................................................................................................................ 16! Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 17! About Mount Alexander Shire ......................................................................................................................... 17! The Region ............................................................................................................................................................... 17! Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................... 18! 1. Key Issues ....................................................................................................................................................... 18! 1.1 Population Groups ............................................................................................................................................ 18! 1.2 Health and Wellbeing Areas ........................................................................................................................... 18! 2. Population Groups - Detail .......................................................................................................................... 19! 2.1 Infants and Children ......................................................................................................................................... 19! 2.2 Young People ................................................................................................................................................... 19! 2.3 Male Population ............................................................................................................................................... 20! 2.5 Female Population ........................................................................................................................................... 20! 2.4 Indigenous Population ..................................................................................................................................... 20! 2.6 Older Population ............................................................................................................................................... 21! 3. Health and Wellbeing Areas - Detail .......................................................................................................... 22! 4. Additional Findings ....................................................................................................................................... 23! Population ............................................................................................................................................................... 23! Socio-economic Status .......................................................................................................................................... 23! Chronic Disease Risk Factors ................................................................................................................................. 23! Access To and Utilisation of Health Services ....................................................................................................... 23! Overall Health Status .............................................................................................................................................. 24! Health Conditions ................................................................................................................................................... 24! Social Determinants of Health .......................................................................................................... 27! Social Gradient ................................................................................................................................................. 28! SEIFA ......................................................................................................................................................................... 28! Food Insecurity and Access .................................................................................................................................. 28! Financial Stress ........................................................................................................................................................ 29! Welfare Recipients .................................................................................................................................................. 30! Income ............................................................................................................................................................... 32! Gross Individual Weekly Income ........................................................................................................................... 32! Median Personal Weekly Income ......................................................................................................................... 32! Gross Household Weekly Income ......................................................................................................................... 33! Median Household Weekly Income ..................................................................................................................... 33! Total Personal Weekly Income by Indigenous Status ......................................................................................... 34! Median Household Weekly Income – by Indigenous Status ............................................................................. 34! Labour Force Participation .............................................................................................................................. 35! Labour Force Participation by Indigenous Status ............................................................................................... 36! Occupation ............................................................................................................................................................. 36! Industry of Employment ......................................................................................................................................... 37! Businesses ................................................................................................................................................................. 37! Unemployment ....................................................................................................................................................... 39! Education .......................................................................................................................................................... 40! School Completion ................................................................................................................................................. 40! Highest Year of School Completed by Indigenous Status ................................................................................. 41! Tertiary Qualifications ............................................................................................................................................. 42! Non School Qualification – by Indigenous Status ............................................................................................... 43! Retention Rates ....................................................................................................................................................... 44! Access to Health Services ................................................................................................................ 45! Health Services Located in LGA ..................................................................................................................... 45! Utilisation of Health