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Echuca - Campaspe

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LGA Profile

see Data Source Explanation

Population

• The 2004 total population of Campaspe Local Government Area (LGA) was 37,193.
• The Department of Sustainability and Environment projects the 2020 population of Campaspe LGA will reach 41,949.
• There are 4,661 children aged 0 to 8, comprising 12.5% of Campaspe's total population. This compares with 11.3% for Victoria as a whole.
• There are approximately 644 people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in Campaspe, making up approximately 1.7% of the area's population.
• There are approximately 160 children of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin aged 0 to 8, comprising approximately 24.8% of the area's Indigenous population.

Socio-Economic

• The Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2001 Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSED) for Campaspe was 1002.1. A lower score indicates a higher level of disadvantage. This compares with the State IRSED of 1016.
• Campaspe was ranked 33 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 Campaspe was 4.7%, compared to 5.5% for Victoria as a whole.

Language/Cultural Background

• 5.7% of Campaspe's population were born overseas, compared to 23.3% of Victoria as a whole.
• Of those born overseas, 74.6% speak only English and 21.2% speak English "well" or "very well".
• 3.8% 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 3,850 families with children aged 15 and under in Campaspe.
• 81.3% of the 3,850 families are couple families, compared with 80.6% of all families with children aged 15 and under in Victoria.
• 18.7% of the 3,850 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, 90.8% of children in the 12 to 15 month age cohort in Campaspe were fully immunised. This compares to 92.0% of children in this age cohort across Victoria.
• Based on the 3rd Quarter of 2005, 94.8% of children in the 24 to 27 month age cohort in Campaspe 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 295.0 Hospital Separations per 1000 of all children aged 0 to 8 in Campaspe.
• 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 343.8 Hospital Separations per thousand in the LGA of Campaspe for the same period.

Teen Pregnancy

• There were 47.5 births per thousand females aged 15 to 19 in Campaspe 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

Njernda Aboriginal Corporation

84 Hare Street

Echuca 3564

Telephone

(03) 5480 6252

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