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Djillay Lidji - Baw Baw
See also Djillay Lidji Morwell
LGA Profile
see Data Source Explanation
Population
- The 2004 total population of Baw Baw Local Government Area (LGA)
was 37,935.
- The Department of Sustainability and Environment projects the
2020 population of Baw Baw LGA will reach 43,622.
- There are 4,492 children aged 0 to 8, comprising 11.8% of Baw
Baw's total population. This compares with 11.3% for Victoria
as a whole.
- There are approximately 316 people of Aboriginal and/or Torres
Strait Islander origin in Baw Baw, making up approximately 0.8%
of the area's population.
- There are approximately 81 children of Aboriginal and/or Torres
Strait Islander origin aged 0 to 8, comprising approximately 25.6%
of the area's Indigenous population.
Socio-Economic
- The Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2001 Index of Relative
Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSED) for Baw Baw was 1009.7. A
lower score indicates a higher level of disadvantage. This compares
with the State IRSED of 1016.
- Baw Baw was ranked 41 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 Baw
Baw was 5.0%, compared to 5.5% for Victoria as a whole.
Language/Cultural Background
- 9.5% of Baw Baw's population were born overseas, compared to
23.3% of Victoria as a whole.
- Of those born overseas, 76.5% speak only English and 19.9% speak
English "well" or "very well".
- 2.8% 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 4,026 families with children aged 15
and under in Baw Baw.
- 79.2% of the 4,026 families are couple families, compared with
80.6% of all families with children aged 15 and under in Victoria.
- 20.8% of the 4,026 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, 96.5% of children in the 12
to 15 month age cohort in Baw Baw were fully immunised. This compares
to 92.0% of children in this age cohort across Victoria.
- Based on the 3rd Quarter of 2005, 96.2% of children in the 24
to 27 month age cohort in Baw Baw 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 216.4 Hospital Separations
per 1000 of all children aged 0 to 8 in Baw Baw.
- 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 185.2 Hospital Separations per
thousand in the LGA of Baw Baw for the same period.
Teen Pregnancy
- There were 22.4 births per thousand females aged 15 to 19 in
Baw Baw 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
- Djillay Lidj Aboriginal Best Start
- PO Box 250
- Morwell 3840
- Telephone
- (03) 5136 5105
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