The s tate of Victoria’s children report 2011

The state of Victoria’s children report 2011

Barwon South West RegionSummary of findings

Local Government AreaColac-Otway (S)Corangamite (S)Glenelg (S)Greater Geelong (C)Moyne (S)Queenscliffe (B)Southern Grampians (S)Surf Coast (S)Warrnambool (C)

CONTEXT OF RURAL AND REGIONAL VICTORIA

Population• By region• By age group and region• Barwon South West

• By age and LGA• Across time

• Distribution• By rural region• By all regions

• Indigenous• One parent families by reg

ion

SAFETYCrime where offender was young person

• Per cent of total crime by LGA

• Type of crime by LGA• Substantiated child abuse

• By region

HEALTH & WELLBEING• Vaccinations (rate)• Dentist

• Never been (region)• Have been on entry t

o primary school (region and indigenous)

• Children drinking sugary drinks (region)

• Fruit and vegetable consumption (region)

• Physical activity• Teenage fertility rates• Have had sexual intercour

se• Female use of contracepti

on• Children with asthma• Parent perception of risk

of clinical problems in children

• Parent report of disability• Children with emotional a

nd behavioural difficulties• Rate of Sexually

transmissible infection• Teenage smoking• Access to alcohol

• Ease of access• Source of access

• Use of illegal drugs by region

• Psychological distress (adolescent)

• Adolescent requiring mental health services

DEVELOPMENT & LEARNINGEarly learning• Kindergarten participation

rates by regions

• Kindergarten participation rates by LGA

• Children vulnerable on one or more domains (AEDI)

• Connectedness to school• Years 5 & 6• Years 7 to 9

• Educational aspirations • Year by region• Indigenous

• NAPLAN• Reading by LGA• Numeracy by LGA

• Average absence by region

• Apparent retention rate• Year 12 or equivalent attai

nment by LGA• Interest in school subjects• Destinations of Year 12 co

mpleters by LGA• Looking for work • Early leavers

• Factors that would have made them stay at school

• Reasons left school• Subject availability

FAMILIES• Maternal alcohol consump

tion• Children exposed to tobac

co in utero

• Median weekly income• Housing tenure type • Parent reading to children

COMMUNITY FACTORS• Opportunities

to volunteer by region• Access to public transport• Lack of public transport aff

ects life• Access to physical health s

ervices• Access to mental health ser

vices• Attended 3 and a half year

MCH check• Attended all MCH checks• Trusted adult in life• Have someone to turn to for

advice, by region• Satisfied with quality of live

s, by region• Electronic media use

• School day• Weekend day

Population – Victorian rural regions 2011

Barwon South West

Gippsland Grampians Hume Loddon Mallee

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

90,000 85,624

62,884

54,477

67,694

78,29784,139

58,988

52,477

64,118

73,511

Population of children and young people aged 0-17 years, by rural regions from 2001-2011

2001 2011

Source: ABS Estimated Resident Population, 30 June 2011Note: ERP data for 2011 is based on preliminary ABS estimates

Barwon South West

Gippsland Grampians Hume Loddon Mallee

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

84,139

58,988 52,47764,118

73,511

366,900

259,248

223,848

266,435

308,782

Total population of Victorian rural regions, 2011Children aged 0-17 All population

Estimated resident population, by age group and region type, Victoria, 2011

0-4

5-9

10-14

15-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

50-54

55-59

60-64

65-69

70-74

75-79

80-84

85 & over

400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 100,000 200,000

261,567

240,706

234,667

257,507

328,273

345,943

314,833

307,285

303,409

281,901

262,328

228,539

208,169

159,115

123,291

98,769

79,643

72,596

90,213

88,355

94,209

97,953

84,166

78,828

76,749

87,884

95,720

99,818

101,469

96,150

92,966

73,408

56,520

44,296

35,568

31,713

Metropolitan Victoria Rural Victoria

Age

in Y

ears

Source: ABS Estimated Resident Population, 30 June 2011

Barwon South West region, total population by LGA, 2011


Colac-Otway (S) Corangamite (S) Glenelg (S) Greater Geelong (C)

Moyne (S) Queenscliffe (B) Southern Grampians (S)

Surf Coast (S) Warrnambool (C)

100,000

200,000

300,000

Barwon South West region, total population of children and young people aged 0-17 years by LGA, 2007-2011

Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population, 30 June 2011

Colac-Otway (S) Corangamite (S) Glenelg (S) Greater Geelong (C)

Moyne (S) Queenscliffe (B) Southern Grampians (S)

Surf Coast (S) Warrnambool (C)

20,000

40,000

60,000

Distribution of children and young people aged 0-17 years across rural regions, 2011


Barwon South West25%

(n=84,139)

Gippsland18%

(n=58,988)

Grampians16%

(n=52,477)

Hume19%

(n=64,118)

Loddon Mallee22%

(n=73,511)

Distribution of population of children and young people aged 0-17 years, across all Victorian regions, 2011


Barwon South West, 6.9%

Gippsland, 4.8%

Grampians, 4.3%

Hume, 5.3%

Loddon Mallee, 6.0%

Eastern Metropolitan, 17.8%

Northern Metropolitan, 15.8%

Southern Metropolitan, 24.0%

Western Metropolitan, 15.0%

Indigenous population, 2006

Barwon

South

West17%(n=1,267)

Gippsland20%(n=1,444)

Grampians10%(n=757)

Hume23%(n=1,718)

Loddon Mallee30%(n=2,194)

Distribution of Indigenous children and young people aged 0-17 years, by rural regions

Indigenous children All children0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

44.0

72.1

55.8

27.9

Proportion of Indigenous children and young people aged 0-17 years residing in Metro-

politan and Rural Victoria, 2006

Metro Rural

Perc

enta

ge

Source: ABS Experimental Estimates of the Indigenous Population, June 2006

Percentage of one-parent families with children and young people aged 0-17 years by region

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

24.8%23.3% 23.0% 22.8% 22.5% 22.5%

20.3% 19.8%

16.6%

Perc

enta

ge

Source: Census of Population and Housing 2011, ABS

Rate of Notification of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD), per 100,000 children and young people aged 0-17 years in Rural and Metropolitan Victoria, 2005-2010

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

47.3 35.1

68.689.7

421.1

220.0

30.1 20.444.5

82.3

274.9

282.2

Metropolitan Victoria Rural Victoria

Rate

per

100

,000

chi

ldre

n ag

ed 0

-17

year

s

Source: The Notifiable Infectious Disease Surveillance System

Parents reading to children aged 0-12 months

Metro Rural 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

5.8%15.7%

9.9%

18.1%18.4%

26.2%

64.5%

40.1%

every day 6 or 7 days

3 to 5 days

1 or 2 days

Not at all

Source: Victorian Children’s Health and Wellbeing Survey, 2009

Child has never been to the dentist, by age group and regions

Barw

on S

outh

Wes

t

Gram

pian

s

Lod

don-

Mal

lee

Hum

e

Gip

psla

nd

Nor

ther

n M

etro

East

ern

Met

ro

Sout

hern

Met

ro

Wes

tern

Met

ro

Barw

on S

outh

Wes

t

Gram

pian

s

Lod

don-

Mal

lee

Hum

e

Gip

psla

nd

Nor

ther

n M

etro

East

ern

Met

ro

Sout

hern

Met

ro

Wes

tern

Met

ro

Under 5 years 5 to 12 years

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

73.3%69.5% 70.2%

72.8%77.0%

73.6% 72.0% 71.7%

82.8%

3.3%

11.5%7.0% 7.5% 8.4% 9.2%

6.9%9.6% 10.0%

Source: Victorian Children’s Health and Wellbeing Survey, 2009

Percentage of children entering primary school whose parents report their child had attended a dentist

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

49.0% 51.5

32.8

36.0

44.8

40.7 39.8

33.1

38.9

60.6%

52.4 53.6

50.1 49.0

54.4

42.5

48.1 45.3

Indigenous Non-Indigenous

Source: School Entrant Health Questionnaire, 2010

Children 1-12 years drinking at least one cup of sugary drink per day

Barwon South West

Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Northern Metro Eastern Metro Southern Metro Western Metro0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

47.1%50.4%

47.5%

49.6%48.2%

40.7%

36.9%

45.9%

49.9%

Source: The Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey 2009

Children aged 4-12 years who eat the minimum recommended serves of fruit and vegetables every day, by region

Barwon South West

Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Northern Metro

Eastern Metro Southern Metro

Western Metro0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

35.9%

3.6%

52.8%

7.7%

Source: The Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey 2009 For children aged 4-7 years: one serve of fruit and two serves of vegetablesFor children aged 8-11 years: one serve of fruit and three serves of vegetablesFor young people aged 12-18: three serves of fruit and four serves of vegetables

Children who do the recommended amount of physical activity every day, by age group and region

Barw

on S

outh

Wes

t

Gram

pian

s

Lodd

on-M

alle

e

Hum

e

Gipp

sland

Nort

hern

Met

ro

East

ern

Met

ro

Sout

hern

Met

ro

Wes

tern

Met

ro

Barw

on S

outh

Wes

t

Gram

pian

s

Lodd

on-M

alle

e

Hum

e

Gipp

sland

Nort

hern

Met

ro

East

ern

Met

ro

Sout

hern

Met

ro

Wes

tern

Met

ro

ages 5 to12 ages 12 to 17

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

62.8%67.0%

65.6% 65.9%

70.4%

55.3%

61.5%56.8% 55.6%

14.8%9.0%

14.5%10.8%

13.5% 12.0% 12.3% 11.3% 13.2%


Young person has smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days

Barwon South West

Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

24.3%

16.4%

23.1%

15.7%

13.8%

18.8%

23.3%

18.4%

21.6%

Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)

Young person aged 12-17 years reported that it is ‘easy/very easy’ to get alcohol, by regions

Barwon South

Western

Grampians Loddon Mallee

Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro

Western Metro

Southern Metro

Northern Metro

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

61.0%57.8%

60.4%

54.8%

61.7%

55.3%53.6%

50.9%53.9%


Barwon South Western

Grampians Loddon Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro Victoria0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

120.0%

34.8%43.5%

26.0%32.5% 35.7%

29.1% 28.1% 31.1%25.2%

30.4%

42.0%

44.0%

59.7%53.3% 47.5%

52.2%49.4% 45.2%

51.0%49.2%

9.6%

4.9% 6.5% 6.4%6.7% 8.1%

10.2% 9.2% 11.2% 8.7%

13.6%7.7% 7.9% 7.9% 10.1% 10.6% 12.3% 14.4% 12.7% 11.7%

Refused Bought it Other gave it to meParents gave it to me

How did young people aged 12-17 years obtain the alcohol by regions (only looking at those that have consumed alcohol in the last 30 days)


Percentage of young people aged 15 -17 years who have had sexual intercourse


Barwon South West

Grampians Loddon Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

45.0%

38.1%36.3%

22.4%

29.6%

25.8% 25.9%23.6% 24.5%

21.7%

Young female use of contraception (sexually active females only)

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

20.9% 28.0%

28.4%

5.7% 12.6% 23.0% 32.9% 29.3% 25.1%

18.6% 19.9%

11.5%

40.1%

18.4%

27.7%

18.0%

25.5%

14.3%

39.5% 40.2%

46.9%

29.9%

50.0%

39.0%

31.1%32.9%

52.5%

21.1%

11.9%13.3%

24.2%

19.0%

10.2%

18.0%

12.4%

8.1%


Fertility rates of females aged 15 -19 years ( births per 1000 women)

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

13.411.9

13.812.9 12.4

13.814.6

27.4

16.2

6.5

8.7

3.8

Barwon South WestGrampiansLoddon MalleeHumeGippslandWestern MetropolitanNorthern MetropolitanEastern MetropolitanSouthern Metropolitan

Rate

per

100

0 w

omen

age

d 15

-19

year

s

Source: Department of Health, 2010, Victorian Perinatal Data Collection, unpublished

Sexually transmissible infections in young people aged 12 – 17 years (Rate per 100,000)

Source: The Notifiable Infectious Disease Surveillance System

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100.0

100.0

200.0

300.0

400.0

500.0

600.0

212.9242.9

300.6

349.0

298.5

504.8

234.0

394.1

480.3

Barwon South WestGippslandGrampiansHumeLoddon Mallee

Has young person aged 12 – 17 years smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days, by Metropolitan and Rural classification

Barwon South West


5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

24.3%

16.4%

23.1%

15.7%

13.8%

18.8%

23.3%

18.4%

21.6%


Percentage of young people aged 12-17 years that have used marijuana or other illegal drugs, by regions

Barwon South West


2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

11.1%

5.6%

10.8%

9.2%

7.2%

10.4%

12.3%

8.9%

10.6%


Percentage of children with a high risk of significant clinical problems at school entry, by region, 2011

Barwon So

uth West

ern

Grampian

s

Loddon Mall

eeHume

Gippsland

Easter

n Metr

opolitan

Western

Metr

opolitan

Southern

Metr

opolitan

Northern

Metr

opolitan

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

7.3

5.7

7.17.5

2.8

4.3

%

Source: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) used in the School Entrant Health Questionnaire (SEHQ)

Young people 12-17 years with the highest level of psychological distress, by regions


Grampians Loddon Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

13.6%

8.8%

16.1%

11.7%

10.2%

14.1% 14.1%

12.6% 12.4%


Percentage of children whose parents reported the child has an intellectual disability, developmental delay or learning disability, 2009-2011

2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011Indigenous Non-Indigenous

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

7.9

6.8

7.8

4.14.4

4.0

7.1

7.1

6.1

5.1

5.3

4.7MetroRural

Source: School Entrant Health Questionnaire

Children with emotional or behavioural difficulties, by region

Barwon South West


1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

5.0%

6.0%

7.0%

8.0%

9.0%

10.0%

6.6%

4.8%

6.3%

3.0%

7.1%

6.5%

4.2%

5.3%

4.6%4.9%

3.6%

6.3%

5.4%

9.0%

4.9% 5.0%

5.9%

4.9%

Source: The Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey, 2009

Mothers of children aged under 2 years who ever drank alcohol in pregnancy, by region

Barwon South West


10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

63.8%

58.6% 57.6%

67.2%

56.7%

71.5%

56.5%59.1%

49.7%


Children aged under 2 years exposed to tobacco while in utero, by region

Barwon South West


5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

30.3%

18.8%

15.4%

18.0%

28.0%

7.5%

10.1%

28.5%

23.2%


Young person aged 12-17 years has been identified as needing mental health services, by region


Grampians Loddon Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

20%

18.0%

14.2%

16.6%

13.8%

12.7%

13.7%14.6%

13.0% 13.4%


Has adolescent aged 12-17 years ever been bullied?

Barwon South

Western



Western Metro

Southern Metro

Northern Metro

Rural Metro Victoria0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

46.5% 50.0% 50.0%41.6%

47.9% 44.4% 45.8% 42.4% 42.1%46.9% 43.7% 44.6%

15.3%

21.0% 20.0%

16.2%

14.6%14.0% 15.0%

15.0% 13.3%

17.1%

14.4% 15.2%

Bullied on most days Bullied


Children 1-12 years with current asthma, by region

Barwon South West


2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

14.0%

16.0%

18.0%

14.1%

15.9%

11.3%10.8%

10.0%

8.0%

12.3%

11.4%

10.0%


Kindergarten participation rates for children aged 4 years, by region

Barwon So

uth West

ern

Gippsland

Grampian

s

Loddon Mall

eeHume

Easter

n Metr

opolitan

Western

Metr

opolitan

Southern

Metr

opolitan

Northern

Metr

opolitan

80

85

90

95

100

105

96.1

94.5 94.1

89.790.4

95.6

93

89.1

92

98.4

9595.5

89.7

91.4

100.7

98.2

91.2

94

102.1

97.698.2

99.999.4

101.8

95.596.5

96.0

%

Source: Annual Confirmed Kindergarten Data Collection

Kindergarten participation rates for children aged 4 years, by LGA 2011

Source: Annual Confirmed Kindergarten Data Collection

Percentage of children who are developmentally vulnerable by LGA, (AEDI Domains: physical, social, emotional, communication and general knowledge)

Source: Australian Early Development Index, 2012 LGA MAPS: http://maps.aedi.org.au/2/

Student connectedness to school, Years 5 & 6

Source: Student Attitude to School Survey

Student connectedness to school, Years 7 to 9

Source: Student Attitude to School Survey

Percentage of students achieving national minimum standards – NAPLAN Reading, by LGA 2012

Percentage of students achieving national minimum standards – NAPLAN Numeracy, by LGA 2012

Average absence days, Government schools, Barwon SouthWest region

Source: Student Absence Data Collection, CASES21 government school enrolment system

Apparent retention rate, Years 7 to 12, all schools 2012

Source: February 2012 school census, all sectors

Educational aspirations, Year 9 by region

Barwon South

Western

Grampians Loddon Malle


Western Metro

Southern Metro

Northern Metro

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

100.0%

12.5% 11.4%2.8%

7.6% 4.5% 4.7% 5.4% 3.6% 4.2%

12.0% 12.0%

13.6% 5.1% 9.1% 7.4% 8.5%7.7% 8.8%

31.5%24.5%

17.2%19.2%

27.7%

14.2%18.5%

15.4%18.6%

43.4%52.0%

66.4% 66.8%

57.8%

73.2%67.2%

72.6%68.0%

University

Trade/Apprenticeship/TAFE

Year 12

Less than year 12


Educational aspirations 12-17 year olds, by Indigenous status

Metro Rural Metro Rural Metro Rural Metro RuralFinish Year 12 University Finish Year 12 University

Aboriginal Non Aboriginal

17.0%

26.8%

50.9%

44.8%

7.6%9.9%

72.6%

59.6%


How interesting young people find their subjects, by year level and region Ba

rwon

Sou

th W

est

Gram

pian

s

Lodd

on-M

alle

e

Hum

e

Gipp

sland

East

ern

Met

ro

Wes

tern

Met

ro

Sout

hern

Met

ro

Nort

hern

Met

ro

Barw

on S

outh

Wes

t

Gram

pian

s

Lodd

on-M

alle

e

Hum

e

Gipp

sland

East

ern

Met

ro

Wes

tern

Met

ro

Sout

hern

Met

ro

Nort

hern

Met

ro

Barw

on S

outh

Wes

t

Gram

pian

s

Lodd

on-M

alle

e

Hum

e

Gipp

sland

East

ern

Met

ro

Wes

tern

Met

ro

Sout

hern

Met

ro

Nort

hern

Met

ro

Year 7 Year 9 Year 11

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

32.3%29.1%

25.6%

42.2%

38.6%

44.7%45.6%

42.5%44.9%

24.0%26.0%

23.5%

20.5%

27.0%

34.3%

29.0%

34.4%35.0%

39.7% 37.8%38.4%

55.6%56.5%

45.2%

48.7%51.6%

46.8%


Year 12 or equivalent attainment at age 19 by LGA, 2005-2011

Source: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and Skills Victoria administrative data, and Australian Bureau of Statistics Estimated Resident Population data

Destinations of Year 12 completers by LGA, 2012

Source: Source: On Track survey, 2012

Year 12 completers and early leavers looking for work, by region

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

20%

4.6%5.4%

4.6% 4.8%5.6%

2.9%

4.0% 3.7%

5.3%

14.5%

17.6%

12.9%

17.2%

11.0%

14.8%

19.0% 18.9%

17.2%

Year 12 completers Early Leavers


Reasons students would have stayed at school – Barwon South West region

Source: On Track survey, 2012

Vocational

programs o

r VET

subjec

ts in ar

eas of in

terest

More flexi

ble sch

edulin

g of c

lasses

School h

ad a w

ider ran

ge of s

ubjects

Could have s

tudied part

-time while

working

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

50.252.9

47.7

54.1

Reasons students left school – Barwon South West region


Work rea

sons/c

areer

reaso

ns

Didn't like

school/te

achers

/not in

terest

ed in

going

Not coping w

ell at

school/f

ailed/fa

iling s

ubjects/

too hard

School n

ot for m

e/not g

ood envir

onment/n

ot learn

ing

Study e

lsewhere

/tafe/

different co

urse

Family/

personal r

easo

ns

Ill heal

th

Asked to

leave

/expelle

d/got in

trouble

Trave

l/wen

t over

seas/m

oved

Going off to

do someth

ing else

Other

Don't know

Don't need

enter

/or to

finish fo

r chosen

pathway/

didn't need

school

Finish

ed/fi

nished

vcal

Bullying/p

eer r

elationships p

roblem

s0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

29.8

20.1

7.3 6.7 5.8 5.2 4.0 3.6 3.0 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.2

%

Curriculum availability for Early Leavers , by region - Were the subjects that would lead you to your preferred career pathway available at your school last year?

Barwon So

uth West

ern

Grampian

s

Loddon Malle

e

Gippsland

Hume

Easter

n Metr

opolitan

Western

Metr

opolitan

Southern

Metr

opolitan

Northern

Metr

opolitan

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

57.1%61.2%

59.4%

64.8%

52.4%55.0%

57.2%

51.8%53.8%

Source: OnTrack

Percentage of crime committed by young person by LGA

Source: Law Enforcement Assistance Program

COLAC-O

TWAY

CORANGAMITE

GLENELG

GREATER

GEELO

NG

MOYNE

QUEENSC

LIFF

SOUTH

ERN GRAMPIANS

SURF C

OAST

WARRNAMBOOL

Victoria

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

%

Types of crime where the victim was a child or young person, by LGA 2010/11

Source: Law Enforcement Assistance Program

COLAC-OTWAY

CORANGAMITE

GLENELG

GREATER GEELONG

MOYNE

QUEENSCLIFF

SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS

SURF COAST

WARRNAMBOOL

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0

19.0

15.2

29.1

31.4

10.4

100.0

23.8

37.8

24.7

73.0

84.8

69.6

66.8

89.6

71.4

48.6

72.6

7.93650793650794

1.26582278481013

1.84696569920844

0

4.76190476190476

13.5135135135135

2.73972602739726

CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON OTHER OFFENCES

Rate of substantiated child abuse (per 1000 zero to 17 year olds), 2010

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

6.1

13.5

9.89.2 9.1

4.5

5.3

6.6

5.4Rate

per

1,0

00

Source: Client Relationship Information System (CRIS), Department of Human Services

Median weekly family gross income of families with children aged 0-17 years, Victoria

Couple families with children

One parent families with children

All families with children

$0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200 $1,400 $1,600

$1,434

$587

$1,209

$1,514

$599

$1,289

$1,264

$566

$1,098

Rural Victoria Metropolitan Victoria Victoria

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2006

Tenure type for families with children aged 0-8 years, by family type and region

Barw

on S

outh

Wes

t

East

ern

Met

ropo

litan

Gipp

sland

Gram

pian

s

Hum

e

Lodd

on M

alle

e

Nort

hern

Met

ropo

litan

Sout

hern

Met

ropo

litan

Wes

tern

Met

ropo

litan

Barw

on S

outh

Wes

t

East

ern

Met

ropo

litan

Gipp

sland

Gram

pian

s

Hum

e

Lodd

on M

alle

e

Nort

hern

Met

ropo

litan

Sout

hern

Met

ropo

litan

Wes

tern

Met

ropo

litan

One-parent families with children aged 0-8yrs Couple families with children aged 0-8yrs

0.0

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

100.0

120.0

33.247.0

36.3 38.4 34.2 34.9 40.3 41.6 41.6

77.3 82.1 77.1 80.8 76.2 77.7 78.7 77.6 78.2

35.520.7

30.2 31.0 35.2 34.6 29.5 23.1 28.0

10.4 4.7 10.7 8.6 12.0 10.4 7.2 6.1 7.228.7 29.9 30.5 27.0 27.9 27.6 26.4 31.9 25.7

10.8 12.0 10.5 9.1 10.2 10.2 12.2 14.7 12.4

State authority Rented other / rented landlord not stated Owned / being purchased

Source:

Percentage of young people aged 12-17 years who feel they could volunteer or offer community service, by region

Barwon

Sou

th Wes

tern

Grampia

ns

Lodd

on M

allee

Hume

Gippsla

nd

Easter

n Metr

opoli

tan

Wester

n Metr

opoli

tan

Southe

rn Metr

opoli

tan

Northe

rn Metr

opoli

tan0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

63.6%59.6%

66.5%

72.8%69.9%

67.2%

56.7%59.0%

61.0%

Source: Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)

Percentage of children whose parents reported they attended MCH checks

Source: Maternal Child Health data collection

Percentage of children whose parents reported they attended a 3 and a half year MCH check

Source: Maternal Child Health data collection

Barwon South

WesternGrampians Loddon

Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro

Western Metro

Southern Metro

Northern Metro

Indigenous

2009

52.2% 70.7 64.9% 53.0% 58.7 52.0 52.3 54.3 64.7

2010

71.0% 66.6 65.9% 54.6% 57.4 65.2 52.7 64.7 62.9

2011

68.4% 62.9 54.4% 59.9% 68.1 59.6 62.3 58.6 60.7

Non-Indigenous

2009

69.9% 74.4 77.2% 71.3% 70.7 72.2 66.4 67.5 74.5

2010

74.4% 75.4 77.7% 75.1% 74.8 74.1 66.7 71.6 73.7

2011

74.9% 79.1 77.9% 76.1% 74.7 75.2 67.5 73.4 74.7

Young people aged 12-17 years who have someone to turn to for advice when having problems, by region

Barwon South West


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

86.8%84.0% 84.6%

91.4% 93.3%87.7%

84.7% 83.7% 84.7%


Young people aged 12-17 years who are satisfied with the quality of their lives, by Region

Barwon South West


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

79.4%74.1%

71.5%

79.5% 80.0% 80.0%75.9% 75.2% 77.0%


Children aged 0-12 living in neighborhoods with close affordable and regular public transport, by region

Barwon South West


10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

100.0%

64.9%

55.6%60.5%

55.6%

40.1%

86.7% 86.9%81.5%

88.2%

Source: The Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey 2009, parent report

Lack of transport for 12-17 year olds makes it hard to work, study, see a doctor and/or socialise, by region

Barwon South West


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

51.4%

38.6%

48.3%

55.5%

60.6%

48.8%

38.1% 37.7%41.8%


Does adolescent aged 12-17 years feel that they can access physical health services if needed, by region

Barwon South West


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

84.4% 86.8% 86.8% 88.5% 87.2% 87.2% 86.9% 85.1% 87.3%


Does adolescent aged 12-17 years feel that they can access mental health services if needed, by region


Grampians Loddon Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

66.8%70.0% 70.3%

79.7%

58.9%

64.6%

75.3% 75.0%

68.9%


Barwon South West


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

63.5% 65.4% 63.6%

56.6%59.5%

63.2%66.5%

63.5%68.0%

Adolescent aged 12-17 years uses electronic media for more than 2 hours (school day), by region


Adolescent aged 12-17 years uses electronic media for more than 2 hours (weekend day), by region

Barwon South West


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

74.1%77.6% 76.8%

70.4%

78.5% 80.1% 81.1%78.1%

80.4%


Adolescent aged 12-17 years has a trusted adult in their life, by region




Western Metro

Southern Metro

Northern Metro

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

74.6%

68.1% 68.2%

80.4%76.7%

71.8%67.4% 68.4% 69.8%


Documents

The s tate of Victoria’s children report 2011