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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
Marrickville Local Government Area Health ProfileTable 5: Humanitarian migration stream, settlers arriving 2005 – 2011, Marrickville LGA and NSWPopulation characteristics Marrickville NSWHumanitarian Stream, number of settlers arriving from 135 25,4602005 to 2011Top 3 countries of birth for humanitarian migrationstream, number of settlers arriving 2005 – 2011Iraq ^ 8,270Afghanistan 0 1,554Iran 7+ 1,385Sierra Leone 26+ 8,270Source: Department of Immigration and Citizenship Settlement Database 12 ; # Not one of the top 3 countries of birth; ^ Actual numbersuppressed due to low numbers in reported age cohorts; + actual number is greater but some data has been suppressed due to small numbers inreported age cohorts2.8 HOMELESSNESSHomelessness data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that the per-capita rateof homelessness in Marrickville (14.2 persons per 1,000) is the highest of any LGA in thecatchment area 13 . The rate of homelessness in Marrickville is more than twice as high as theentire catchment (6.9 persons per 1,000) and more than three times higher than across NSW (3.4persons per 1,000).‘Severe’ crowding is also a significant problem within Marrickville (1.65 persons per 1,000), witha rate that is approximately 25% higher than the entire catchment area (1.33 persons per 1,000).Figure 7: Housing and homelessness indicators vs Inner West Sydney and state comparators, 2006Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006)Population Characteristics of the Marrickville LGA are provided in Table 6. They includeindicators reflecting people and culture, disability, the labour force, education and familycomposition from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2011 Census of Population andHousing.12Department of Immigration and Citizenship Settlement Database. Accessed 21 February 2012. Available at: http://www.immi.gov.au/livingin-australia/delivering-assistance/settlement-reporting-facility/13Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011)Inner West Sydney Medicare Local and Sydney Local Health District Page 9Marrickville Local Government AreaPopulation Health LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013
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