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Greater Geelong

LGA Profile

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Population

• The 2004 total population of Greater Geelong Local Government Area (LGA) was 202,615.
• The Department of Sustainability and Environment projects the 2020 population of Greater Geelong LGA will reach 244,097.
• There are 22,450 children aged 0 to 8, comprising 11.1% of Greater Geelong's total population. This compares with 11.3% for Victoria as a whole.
• There are approximately 1,394 people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in Greater Geelong, making up approximately 0.7% of the area's population.
• There are approximately 369 children of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin aged 0 to 8, comprising approximately 26.5% of the area's Indigenous population.

Socio-Economic

• The Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2001 Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSED) for Greater Geelong was 993.1. A lower score indicates a higher level of disadvantage. This compares with the State IRSED of 1016.
• Greater Geelong was ranked 23 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 Greater Geelong was 7.5%, compared to 5.5% for Victoria as a whole.

Language/Cultural Background

• 16.2% of Greater Geelong's population were born overseas, compared to 23.3% of Victoria as a whole.
• Of those born overseas, 58.2% speak only English and 31.4% speak English "well" or "very well".
• 9.1% 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 19,959 families with children aged 15 and under in Greater Geelong.
• 76.8% of the 19,959 families are couple families, compared with 80.6% of all families with children aged 15 and under in Victoria.
• 23.2% of the 19,959 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, 93.1% of children in the 12 to 15 month age cohort in Greater Geelong were fully immunised. This compares to 92.0% of children in this age cohort across Victoria.
• Based on the 3rd Quarter of 2005, 93.3% of children in the 24 to 27 month age cohort in Greater Geelong 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 184.3 Hospital Separations per 1000 of all children aged 0 to 8 in Greater Geelong.
• 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 206.0 Hospital Separations per thousand in the LGA of Greater Geelong for the same period.

Teen Pregnancy

• There were 23.1 births per thousand females aged 15 to 19 in Greater Geelong 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

Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative

PO Box 402

North Geelong 3215

Telephone

(03) 5278 4123

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