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Bairnsdale - East Gippsland

LGA Profile

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Population

• The 2004 total population of East Gippsland Local Government Area (LGA) was 40,826.
• The Department of Sustainability and Environment projects the 2020 population of East Gippsland LGA will reach 44,811.
• There are 4,132 children aged 0 to 8, comprising 10.1% of East Gippsland's total population. This compares with 11.3% for Victoria as a whole.
• There are approximately 1,138 people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in East Gippsland, making up approximately 2.8% of the area's population.
• There are approximately 295 children of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin aged 0 to 8, comprising approximately 25.9% of the area's Indigenous population.
  

Socio-Economic

• The Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2001 Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSED) for East Gippsland was 984.1. A lower score indicates a higher level of disadvantage. This compares with the State IRSED of 1016.
• East Gippsland was ranked 14 out of the 78 LGAs in Victoria on the IRSED. A rank of 1 was assigned to the LGA with the lowest level of disadvantage.
• Based on the 3rd Quarter of 2005, the unemployment rate in East Gippsland was 8.4%, compared to 5.5% for Victoria as a whole.
  

Language/Cultural Background

• 9.5% of East Gippsland's population were born overseas, compared to 23.3% of Victoria as a whole.
• Of those born overseas, 77.5% speak only English and 19.3% speak English "well" or "very well".
• 2.2% of those born overseas speak English "not well" or "not at all", this compares to 13.6% of all Victorians born overseas.
  

Families

• There are approximately 3,855 families with children aged 15 and under in East Gippsland.
• 73.2% of the 3,855 families are couple families, compared with 80.6% of all families with children aged 15 and under in Victoria.
• 26.8% of the 3,855 families are one-parent families, compared with 19.4% of all families with children aged 15 and under in Victoria.
  

Immunisation

• Based on the 3rd Quarter of 2005, 92.0% of children in the 12 to 15 month age cohort in East Gippsland were fully immunised. This compares to 92.0% of children in this age cohort across Victoria.
• Based on the 3rd Quarter of 2005, 92.3% of children in the 24 to 27 month age cohort in East Gippsland were fully immunised. This compares to 92.5% of children in this age cohort across Victoria.
  

Child Health

• From July 2003 to June 2005 there were 422.6 Hospital Separations per 1000 of all children aged 0 to 8 in East Gippsland.
• This compares with a rate of 229.5 Hospital Separations per 1000 children aged 0 to 8 across Victoria for the same period.
• Children of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin aged 0 to 8 experienced a rate of 664.4 Hospital Separations per thousand in the LGA of East Gippsland for the same period.
  

Teen Pregnancy

• There were 43.0 births per thousand females aged 15 to 19 in East Gippsland during 2003 and 2004.
• This compares to 19.0 births per thousand females aged 15 to 19 across Victoria for the same period.
  

Contact Information

Address

East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative Family Services

PO Box 634

Bairnsdale 3875

Telephone

(03) 5150 0720

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