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8Income impacts on choice of mode for work trips, with thehigher average household income favouring 'Car as Driver', asopposed to bus users who are in the lower average groups.EducationFigures supplied by the Transport Population and Data Centre(TPDC) based on the 2001 Census show that the residents ofContract Region 13 were attending educational institutions inthe following numbers:Educational Institution Nos. %Pre-school 3368 1%Infants Primary 21972 9%Secondary 16409 7%Technical or Further Education 8160 3%University 7445 3%Other 2268 68%Not attending 161537 1%Not stated 15764 7%Travel Mode By Household IncomeMode $3120 $8320 $15600 $26000 $36400 $52000 $70200 $91000 $142000 TotalTrain 133 104 284 415 1,356 799 453 417 74 4035 Bus 53 38 105 141 311 149 57 40 6 900 Car Driver 606 894 2,113 3,510 13,412 13,138 8,176 9,029 3,837 54,715 Car Passenger 426 265 532 683 1,775 933 374 246 87 5321 Other 244 221 354 482 1519 1006 534 487 233 5080 Not travel 1,001 581 856 823 1,734 1,325 921 840 330 8411 Total 2,463 3,103 4,244 6,054 20,107 17,350 10,515 11,059 4,567 78,462LGA ProfilesBankstown LGABankstown's people were born in 32 countries, and speak morethan 30 languages as well as English. However, most are verycompetent in English, with 23% of those born overseas claim tospeak English not well or not at all.The most common five languages spoken at home are English,Arabic, Vietnamese, Chinese languages, and Greek.Bankstown is predominantly a family area and has a greatershare of couple families with children than the Sydney area as awhole (41% compared with 37.4%).In 2001, 23% were aged 55 and over. Bankstown also hassignificant numbers of children and young people with 31 217children aged between 0 and 12 (18.8% of the total, which isslightly higher than the SSD figure of 17.3%). The suburbs inBankstown City with the highest numbers of 0-12 year olds areBankstown, Punchbowl and Greenacre. There were 29 809young people aged between 12 and 24 on Census night.The average household size on Census night was 2.95 people.The major religions are Catholicism, Islam, and Buddhism, withHinduism and Sikhism as the emerging religions.Theproportion of Christians is consistent with the population ofSydney as a whole, while the proportion of Muslims inBankstown is significantly higher (11.9% compared with 3.4%across Sydney).Bankstown had a relatively diverse employment base on thenight of the 2001 Census, with the majority of those employedworking in clerical, sales and service (33%) or as professionals(14%) or as trades people (15%).There was a significantly lowerparticipation rate in the workforce than Sydney overall, with41% of the population not employed or actively looking forwork.Of the 64 000 residents employed on Census night, 30% wereemployed locally, 30% were employed elsewhere in westernSydney, 11% were employed in the Sydney CBD, and 28% wereemployed in other regions, such as the North Shore, EasternSuburbs and Inner City.Auburn LGADue to the diverse cultural mix of the community and ongoingand continual arrival of immigrants into the area, the populationof Auburn LGA is rising faster than the average for Sydney andwestern Sydney and has increased 11% since 1996. Estimateshave indicated that by 2021 the Auburn LGA's population willexceed 86,000.Population is not distributed equally, with the suburb of Auburncontaining 48% of the LGA's population, followed by Lidcombewith 23%Auburn is a culturally diverse community with an NESBpopulation of over 48.2%. Residents reporting speaking English'not well' or 'not at all', numbered 7251. People born overseascome from China, Iraq,Turkey, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Lebanon,and the Philippines. Most recent arrivals come from Afghanistan,China, Iraq, Lebanon, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Turkey.Auburn LGA has the highest proportion (67%) of the populationin Australia speaking a language other than English at home.Auburn's population of young people between 12 and 24 years is,according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 1996 data, almost10,000, which forms more than 19% of population.The population density is 1883.1 persons/km2.Fairfield LGAFairfield's population is characterised by a high degree of ethnicdiversity, with 53.5% of the population born overseas. Fairfield isalso characterised by a large number of young families and agrowing number of aged people. Fairfield has the second highestproportion (66%) of the population in Australia speaking alanguage other than English at home, after Auburn (67%).The level of Non English Speaking people is 58.6%. Nearly half thehouseholds were families with children, and there is also a highproportion of single parent households. 29 954 people stated thatthey spoke English 'not well' or 'not at all'.The major religion is Buddhism.The population density is 1 852.5persons/km2.
Parramatta LGAParramatta LGA has the 7th largest population in NSW, afterBlacktown, Sutherland, Fairfield, Bankstown, Penrith andCampbelltown, and is designated as Sydney's second CBD.Contract Region 13 extends into Parramatta's southern suburbseg. Granville and Guildford.The population of Parramatta is not evenly distributed across theLGA.There are large areas of low population density in thesuburbs of Rosehill/Camelia, western parts of Parramatta, NorthParramatta, eastern parts of Granville and Rydalmere.The Rosehill/Camelia, Granville and Rydalmere area contains themajority of industrial land, as well as the Rosehill Racecourse.Theother areas of low population density are recreation areas and/oropen space, particularly golf courses and parkland.The areas most densely populated are in the vicinity of theParramatta Central Business district, Harris Park and Granville,which are the oldest established and most built up areas of theLGA.The education, employment and income profile is more similar tothat of central and eastern Sydney than the west. Generally thereis a high percentage of renters, a high proportion of youthpopulation, and less families (both single and 2 parent.)Families with young children are evenly distributed across theLGA.The southern suburbs of Guildford, Merrylands, Granvilleand South Granville have higher proportions of children at 23 -24%.Suburbs with slightly higher proportions of young peopleinclude Granville, where over 16% of the population are youngpeople.Parramatta has a significantly higher proportion of 25-34year olds and a significantly lower proportion of 45-54year olds in comparison to both GWS or Sydney.There is a high proportion of older people in Parramattacompared to other parts of Greater Western Sydney.There were 28,500 people over 55 years old inParramatta in 1996, representing 20.48% of thepopulationThe suburbs of Harris Park and Granville have particularlyhigh proportions of people born in NES countries at57.39% and 44.95% respectively, compared to the LGAaverage of 34.59%. There is also a clear concentration inthe southern suburbs of Parramatta, Merrylands,Guildford and South Granville.Liverpool LGADue to the diverse cultural mix of the community andongoing Liverpool was the fastest growing localgovernment area in NSW in the 10 years to 2001, with apopulation increase of 57% compared to the 1991Census.The proportion of people of Non English SpeakingBackground (NESB) is over 40%, with 7 473 peoplestating that spoke English 'not well' or 'not at all'.There is a higher proportion of younger people andlower proportion of older persons than Sydney average.Nearly 75% of Liverpool's population was comprised offamilies with children.The population density is 542 persons/km2.9Community TransportCommunity Transport within Region13 is provided by six groups:Auburn Community ServicesBankstown Community TransportServicesBankstown Individual TransportCommunity Wheels (Parramatta)Inner West Community TransportSouth West Community TransportThe Ministry of Transport estimatesthat in Contract Region 13, therewere 15,413 Community Transporttrips in 2004.The main purpose for communitytransport trips, approximately half ofall trips, were for social andshopping purposes.CT Trips by Purpose inContract Region 13DaycareSocial 18%27%Shopping27%Other7%GP/Specialist15%Hospital/Medical6%Annual Trips originating ineach Contract Region 2004Bus ContractRegionCommunityTransport Trips*The main destinations for each Communitytransport Service are as follows:ServiceAuburnRegion 1 22,918Region 2 6,878Region 3 8,568 BankstownRegion 4 12,792Region 5 19,704Region 6 23,054Region 7 26,037 Bankstown ITRegion 8 13,295Region 9 19,481Region 10 22,802ParramattaRegion 11 10,026Region 12 7,818Region 13 15,413Region 14 6,948Region 15 7,295Total 223,029* Multiply by 2 to calculate the totalnumber of one-way trips includingoriginating trips and return journeys.Source: Ministry of Transport 2005Inner WestMain destinationsWestmead Hospital, ConcordHospital, Macquarie St.specialists, RPA Camperdown,Bankstown shopping centre,Burwood shopping centre.Bass Hill Shopping Plaza,Liverpool Hospital and medicalcentres, Westmead Hospital andmedical centres, BankstownHospital and RPA Camperdown.All within Bankstown LGA mainlynursing homes, day care centresand occasionally the RSLWestmead Hospital andmedical specialists, BlacktownHospital and specialists, AuburnHospital, doctors in Auburn,Ryde Hospital and specialists,Community Health Centres inParramatta and Auburn,Concord Hospital, CarlingfordCourt shopping centre,Merrylands Mall, Winston Hillsshopping centreConcord Hospital, Royal PrinceAlfred Hospital, Medical Centre(Carrillion RPA), BalmainHospital, General clinic(Balmain), Burwood (GPs,specialists).
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