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
Source: ABS Estimated Resident 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)
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
Source: ABS Estimated Resident Population, 30 June 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
Source: ABS Estimated Resident Population, 30 June 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%
Source: The Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey 2009
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
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)
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Percentage of young people aged 15 -17 years who have had sexual intercourse
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
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
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)
Percentage of young people aged 12-17 years that have used marijuana or other illegal drugs, by regions
Barwon South West
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
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
Barwon South Western
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
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
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Northern Metro Eastern Metro Southern Metro Western Metro0.0%
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
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%
80.0%
63.8%
58.6% 57.6%
67.2%
56.7%
71.5%
56.5%59.1%
49.7%
Source: The Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey 2009
Children aged under 2 years exposed to tobacco while in utero, by region
Barwon South West
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Northern Metro Eastern Metro Southern Metro Western Metro0.0%
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%
Source: The Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey 2009
Young person aged 12-17 years has been identified as needing mental health services, by region
Barwon South Western
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Has adolescent aged 12-17 years ever been bullied?
Barwon South
Western
Grampians Loddon Mallee
Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro
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
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Children 1-12 years with current asthma, by region
Barwon South West
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Northern Metro Eastern Metro Southern Metro Western Metro0.0%
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%
Source: The Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey 2009
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
Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro
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
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
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
Source: Source: On Track survey, 2012
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
Source: Source: On Track survey, 2012
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
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Young people aged 12-17 years who are satisfied with the quality of their lives, by Region
Barwon South West
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Children aged 0-12 living in neighborhoods with close affordable and regular public transport, 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%
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
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Does adolescent aged 12-17 years feel that they can access physical health services if needed, by region
Barwon South West
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Does adolescent aged 12-17 years feel that they can access mental health services if needed, by region
Barwon South Western
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Barwon South West
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%
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
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Adolescent aged 12-17 years uses electronic media for more than 2 hours (weekend day), by region
Barwon South West
Grampians Loddon-Mallee Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro Western Metro Southern Metro Northern Metro0%
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)
Adolescent aged 12-17 years has a trusted adult in their life, by region
Barwon South Western
Grampians Loddon Mallee
Hume Gippsland Eastern Metro
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%
Source: The Victorian Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (HowRU 2009)