Peachy Belt demographics etc

hi all

it was good to meet on Friday and consolidate what we got.

As mentioned at the meeting, below I have posted the City of Playford (Peachy Belt) demographics (we are using) to enable all to see and consider what will be included in the presentation. Large parts of it presents quite a negative picture, so I guess one also needs to bear in mind when reading this the initiatives we have discovered, that are being undertaken to address the needs the statistics point too.



Unemployment

The unemployment rate in the Peachy Belt is considered to be high,
ranging from 10.6% (Smithfield), 17.4% (Smithfield Plains) to 17.6% (Davoren Park) compared with the state rate of 4.5%

Income

3.8% (average) considered to earn a high income (compared to 15.7 % for Adelaide Statistical Division ASD)

55.1 % (average) considered to earn a low income (compared to 43.2% for ASD)


Population

The population the Peachy Belt as of 2006 was 10, 232 (Smithfield 1459, Smithfield Plains 2548, and Davoren Park 6225).

On average 28.6% of the population is aged between 0 – 17years
and on average 15.6% of the population is aged 60 years

Overall population numbers are expected to rise due to the Playford North redevelopment.



Community Wellbeing

Typical of lower social economic areas the City of Playford has a lower life expectancy than other council areas with pockets of the community living in vulnerable situations.

This is evident in the following snapshot:
Compared to the Adelaide Statistical Division (ASD) there are:
Double the amount of adolescents considered at risk and double the domestic violence assessments.
3 times the incidence of teenage pregnancy.
More people relaying on the public hospital system (34% compared to 54% for ASD)
Considerable more reported psychological distress reflected in the access of mental health services.


CALD

In the City of Playford there are increasing numbers of newel arrived residents from all over the world (22% born overseas compared with 24% ASD). 2.6% of the population are indigenous residents.

Common countries of overseas birth are: UK 14%
Italy 0.7%
Germany 0.7
NZ 0.6


The above figures are reflective of the Peachy Belt area where the majority of people born overseas come from the UK i.e. on average 12.5 % of the population compared to 5% residents are born in non English speaking countries.

Due to small figures the detailed statistics for minority group numbers are only available for Davoren Park which also lists 0.5% of the population born in Vietnam and 0.5 % born in Philippines


(Taken from City of Playford council website, State of the city report 2008 - data based on 2006 ABS)

regards
George

p.s Candi I will shortly post how the eco and social justics perspectives relate to the information trailer