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Marrickville Local Government Area Health ProfileFigure 6: Comparison of SEIFA Advantage and Disadvantage percentiles across Inner West Sydney, 2011Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011)The distribution of annual household incomes within the Marrickville LGA shows an equivalentproportion of households with incomes less than $51,999 compared to the catchment averageand a greater proportion of households with incomes between $78,000 to $129,999 compared tothe overall catchment. Marrickville has a much greater proportion of households with incomesin excess of $104,000 compared to NSW.In spite of its high income levels relative to the catchment and NSW, a significantly greaterproportion of Marrickville residents are unemployed (6.0%), compared to the overall catchment(5.5%) and NSW (5.7%) 10 . This mix of higher-than average incomes and high unemployment isunique within the catchment.Private health insurance coverage in Marrickville (49.6%) is marginally lower than that across thecatchment (50.9%), but marginally higher than the NSW average (48.2%).2.6 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITYMarrickville was originally home to the Cadigal and Wangal people. After the Sydney (South)SLA (2.0%), Marrickville has the next highest proportion of Indigenous residents (1.5%) of anyLGA within the catchment 11 . This is higher than the average proportion of IndigenousAustralians across the entire catchment area (0.9%), albeit lower than the average across NSW(2.5%). It is widely recognised that the Aboriginal population has poorer overall health status,however indicators at an LGA level were not available.2.7 HUMANITARIAN ARRIVALSTable 5 provides local and state data relating to humanitarian settlers during the period 1 July2005 - 30 June 2011. Humanitarian arrivals settling in Marrickville came from 29 differentcountries, with the largest number being from Sierra Leone.10 Public Health Information Development Unit and Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)11Public Health Information Development Unit and Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011)Inner West Sydney Medicare Local and Sydney Local Health District Page 8Marrickville Local Government AreaPopulation Health LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013