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Community Profile 1 Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021
This document has been prepared to assist with development of a new Indigo Shire Council Plan and Municipal Public Health & Wellbeing Plan. This document helps provide the most relevant data to inform decision- making and strategic priorities for the future. 2 Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021
Contents
If Indigo Shire consisted of 100 people... 4
Indigo Shire demographic information 6
Property Rental availability and affordability 6
The Future of Indigo 7
Economic and financial influences 8
Health Stats 10
Impacts from Corona Virus 12
Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021 3If Indigo Shire consisted of 100 people...
There would be 49 males and 51 females
15 were born overseas
2 speak another language
at home
1 would be Aboriginal/ 15 have a Bachelor degree
Torres Strait Islander or higher
68 live with families 67 did not complete Year 12
10 live alone
11would be aged 9 or 9 would be in their 30s 8 would be in their 70s
younger
15 would be in their 40s 4 would be 80 or older
13 would be in their teens
17 would be in their 50s
7 would be in their 20s
16 would be in their 60s
79 own or mortgage a house
18 rent a house
16 have an income of less than $400 per week
2 live in dwellings without a car
4 Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 202195% were immunised at 12 months
97% were immunised at 24 months
95% were immunised at 60 months
55 work full time 11 work in Health Care &
Social Assistance
34 work part time
9 work in Accommodation
26 volunteer & Food Services
2 would be unemployed 9 work in Retail Trade
22 work in Manufacturing
12 work in Agriculture,
Forestry & Fishing
72 feel safe walking alone at night 69 adults would be at risk of injury
alcohol-related harm
23 adults would be obese
78 adults would have high life
52 adults would be overweight satisfaction
42 adults would not get enough 17 would have high psychological stress
physical activity
37 would have anxiety or depression
89 adults would not eat enough
vegetables 33 would have two or more chronic
diseases
16 would smoke
Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021 5Indigo Shire demographic information
Total Population: 15,952
Aboriginal and/or Torres
Strait Islander people: 1.3%
Male: 49.3% Female: 50.7% Children 0 - 14 years: 17.9%
People 65 years+ : 20.6%
Median Age: 46
In Indigo (S) (Local Government Areas), 29.3% of In Indigo (S) (Local Government Areas), of all
people were attending an educational institution. households, 72.3% were family households, 25.4%
Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 23.6% in were single person households and 2.4% were group
secondary school and 11.9% in a tertiary or technical households..
institution.
Of the families in Indigo (S) (Local Government
Of people aged 15 and over in Indigo (S) (Local Areas), 40.1% were couple families with children,
Government Areas), 10.0% reported having 46.0% were couple families without children and
completed Year 12 as their highest level of 13.0% were one parent families.
educational attainment, 19.8% had completed
Average people per household: 2.4
a Certificate III or IV and 9.8% had completed an
Advanced Diploma or Diploma. Median weekly household income: $1,265
In Indigo (S) (Local Government Areas), 84.5% of Median monthly mortgage repayments: $1,400
people were born in Australia. 72.7% of people had Median weekly rent: $210
both parents born in Australia and 10.4% of people
had both parents born overseas. Average motor vehicles per dwelling: 2.1
The median weekly personal income for people Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics
aged 15 years and over in Indigo (S) (Local
Government Areas) was $641
Property Rental availability and affordability
Property Median Median House ownership
Count
type rent 2020 rent 2015 Of occupied private dwellings in Indigo (S) (Local
Government Areas), 41.5% were owned outright, 37.1%
2 bedroom
10 $275 $190 were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.
house
3 bedroom
26 $335 $270 Internet Connection
house
80% of households had at least one person
4 bedroom Not connected to the internet – below the state and
12 $395
house reported national average 83%
Data: Department of Health and Human Services This data captures whether the dwelling has an
Rental Report internet connection, regardless of whether or not it is
paid for by the household.
Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics
6 Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021The Future of Indigo
Projected population growth Total households
20,000 10000
8000
16,885
16,490
16,603
16,333
16,745
15,000
17,429
18,515
16,165
17,977
6,653
6000
7,399
7,743
8,061
7,051
10,000
4000
5,000
2000
0 0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2026 2031 2036 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036
Age group projections by 2036
1500
1200
900
600
1,058
1,058
1,038
1,240
1,298
1,228
1,262
1,159
1,174
1,317
865
894
690
938
1,116
764
775
641
300
0 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 +
Data: Victoria in Future
Ovens Murray Climate Projections 2019
The Victorian Government has partnered with CSIRO The projections cover average and extreme
to help Victorian communities prepare for climate temperature and rainfall, relative humidity and
change by providing authoritative and up-to-date evaporation out to 2090 for moderate and high
information. greenhouse gas emissions scenarios.
CSIRO’s Climate Science Centre developed local-scale The new research supports what we know from
climate projections data for Victoria at a 5 km by 5 km previous projections, as well as giving some new
scale. insights at a local scale into the hottest hot day
temperatures, and rainfall around mountain ranges.
Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021 7The following products have been produced as part of Victorian Climate Projections 2019:
• Maximum and minimum daily temperatures will • Extreme rainfall events are expected to become
continue to increase over this century (very high more intense on average through the century
confidence). (high confidence) but remain very variable in
space and time.
• By the 2030s, increases in daily maximum
temperature of 1.0 to 1.9°C (since the 1990s) are • By the 2050s, the climate of Wodonga could be
expected. more like the current climate of Forbes, NSW.
• Rainfall will continue to be very variable over
time, but over the long term it is expected
to continue to decline in winter and spring
(medium to high confidence), and autumn (low
to medium confidence), but with some chance
of little change.
Data: Victorian Climate Projections, 2019
Economic and financial influences
Indigo’s Gross Regional Product (GRP) is estimated The wages and salaries paid by businesses and
at $799.642 million. Indigo represents 4.3% of Hume organisations in Indigo is estimated at $356.234
Region’s Gross Regional Product (GRP) of $18.662 billion, million The wages and salaries paid by businesses
0.2% of Victoria’s Gross State Product (GSP) of $454.590 and organisations in Indigo is estimated at $356.234
billion , and 0% of Australia’s Gross Domestic Product million. Manufacturing the largest at $102.592 million
(GDP) of $1.947 trillion Indigo Shire supports 4,957 jobs
Manufacturing is Indigo’s largest employment sector,
of 7,158 employed people who live within the Shire.
supporting an estimated 1,107 jobs
Against Indigo’s working population this represents a
Manufacturing is Indigo’s largest output generating
Per Worker GRP of $161,316 which is relatively consistent
sector, supporting an estimated annual output of
with the Hume Region and Victoria
$892.662 million
2652 (37) are professionals or managers
Manufacturing employment and output remains
The annual unemployment rate in Indigo for 2019 was dominated by Uncle Tobys and Saputo which skews
2.5%, consistent with 2018 and down from a seven the overall economic benefit and risk profile.
year peak in 2015 of 4.5%. The benchmark Victorian
unemployment rates for the period is 4.7%, for the
Hume Region it is 3.9%
Age profile of workers Indigo Hours worked Indigo
15-19 435 0 hours 255
20-24 375 1-15 hours 945
25-34 832 16-24 hours 793
35-44 1,396 25-34 hours 934
45-54 2,068 35-39 hours 1,142
55-64 1,624 40 hours 1,321
65-74 405 41-48 hours 572
75-84 20 49 hours or more 1,148
Over 85 3 Not stated/ not applicable 48
Total 7,158 Total 7,158
8 Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021Employment by industry sector Indigo Wages and salaries by Indigo
Manufacturing 1,107 industry sector
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 576 Manufacturing $102,591,668
Health Care & Social Assistance 538 Health Care & Social Assistance $43,602,394
Accommodation & Food Services 448 Public Administration & Safety $34,376,203
Retail Trade 442 Education & Training $31,035,687
Education & Training 362 Construction $24,555,070
Construction 359 Retail Trade $20,642,433
Public Administration & Safety 339 Accommodation & Food Services $18,771,017
Professional, Scientific & Technical Administrative & Support Services $18,179,233
184
Services Professional, Scientific & Technical
$17,744,518
Transport, Postal & Warehousing 159 Services
Other Services 149 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing $14,581,735
Administrative & Support Services 146 Transport, Postal & Warehousing $10,164,936
Arts & Recreation Services 46 Other Services $6,714,594
Wholesale Trade 39 Wholesale Trade $5,116,638
Financial & Insurance Services 32 Financial & Insurance Services $4,019,189
Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services 19 Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services $1,812,673
Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste Services 12 Arts & Recreation Services $1,277,457
Mining 0 Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste
$1,048,673
Services
Information Media & Telecommunications 0
Mining $0.00
Total 4,957
Information Media &
$0.00
Telecommunications
Weekly Income (Gross) Indigo Total $356,234,119
Negative/Nil income 56
1-$149 314
Data: REMPLAN including aggregated statistics from
150-$299 251 ABR and ABS.
300-$399 280
400-$499 408
500-$649 719
650-$799 884
800-$999 1,071
1,000-$1,249 1,202
1,250-$1,499 692
1,500-$1,749 522
1,750-$1,999 313
2,000-$2,999 286
3,000 or more 96
Not stated/Not applicable 64
Total 7,158
Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021 9Health Stats
23% of Indigo Shire population are 55% of the population are non smokers.
considered obese. The Victorian average
is 19.3% Proportion of adult population by lifetime
risk of alcohol related harm: 34%. The
48.9% of population did not meet fruit and Victorian average: 24%.
vegetable consumption guidelines. The
Victorian average is 51.7% Proportion of adult population by risk
of alcohol related injury from a single
Proportion of adult population ever occasion of drinking is 16.6%. The Victorian
diagnosed with anxiety of depression average is 11.5%.
36.6%. The Victorian average is 27.7%
31% of the population reported no
Proportion of adult population who sought diagnosis of a chronic disease as opposed
professional help for a mental health to 42% of the Victorian population.
problem in the previous year 25%. The
Victorian Average is 17.6% 34% self reported fair/poor dental health
status as opposed to 24% of the Victorian
35% of Indigo Shire reported having very population.
high life satisfaction as opposed to 27%
statewide.
Data: Victorian Public Health Survey 2017
Violence Against Women Family Violence
Violence against women is experienced by a Family violence is the most pervasive and common
significant number of women in Australia despite form of men’s violence against women in Victoria.
it being preventable. For Victorian women aged It is the leading cause of death and disability
between 15 and 44 years, intimate partner violence in women aged 15-45 years and is the biggest
is the leading cause of preventable death, disability contributor to women’s ill-health including poor
and illness. The impact of violence against women mental health. Family violence is the single largest
is widespread and long-standing, generating driver of homelessness for women, a common factor
profound personal, social and economic costs to in child protection notifications, and results in a
individuals, the community and our nation. police call-out on average once every two minutes
across Australia
Perceptions of Safety
Family Violence in Indigo Shire
People who feel safe walking alone at night
Reported incidents
Indigo State
Year Females Males State
Average Average Year Females Males
Average
2015 55.8 72.75 72.25 61.4
2019 109 29 533
2011 87.4 93 93 75.3
2018 96 14 501
Note: The 2011 and 2015 Perceptions of Safety
2017 75 20 473
data is not directly comparable - due to different
calculation methods used between the surveys. 2016 89 27 495
Data: Victorian Women’s Health Atlas Data: Victorian Women’s Health Atlas
10 Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021People living with a disability
In 2016, 5% of the population in the Shire reported
needing help in their day-to-day lives due to
disability; and 13% of the population provided unpaid
assistance to a person with a disability, long term
illness or old age.
Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Young People Early Years
There are 2,422 children aged between 0 to 12 years
There are estimated to be 2,694 young
living in Indigo Shire, accounting for 15.2 percent
people between 10-25 years of age; 1,352 of the population. Barnawartha (21.0 percent) and
males and 1,342 females living in Indigo Kiewa-Tangambalanga (25.4 percent and 24.7
Shire. Young people make up 16.9% of percent) have a higher early years population
the population (compared with 18.8% for compared to the whole of Indigo Shire (17.8 percent).
Victoria).
2017 NAPLAN benchmarks indicate that students in
Birth Notice Figures
Years 3-9 across Indigo Shire fall consistently below
state benchmarks in reading, writing, spelling and • 2016/2017 - 119
language. Particularly concerning are the Year 7
results, which shows 10% of students at a Year 7 level • 2017/2018 - 133
did not meet benchmarks against 5% of the Victorian
average. • 2018/2019 - 146
Compared with Victoria at the time of the 2016
Census, there were slightly less people over 15 years • 2019/2020 - 152
of age working full time (54.8% compared with
57.0%), slightly more people working part time (34.1%
Childhood immunisation (2018)
compared with 31.4%), more people living away
from their place of work (6.8% compared with 4.9%)
Indigo Victoria
and less people unemployed in Indigo Shire (4.3%
compared with 6.6%). Immunisation rates
95.3% 93.9%
at 12 months
The top five types of occupation included:
Immunisation rates
professionals (19.1%), managers (16.6%), technicians 97.5% 99%
at 24 months
and trade workers (14.3%), labourers (12.5%) and
community and personal services workers Immunisation rates
95.3% 95.7%
(11.0%). The five top industries included: hospitals at 60 months
(4.3%); aged care residential services (3.1%); local
Data: Indigo Shire Early Years Strategy
government administration (2.6%); supermarket
and grocery stores (2.4%); and road freight transport The Australian Early Development Census data
(2.3%). provides a snapshot of children’s development
that can inform communities and support
Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics
planning, policy and action. The data measures the
development of children in Australia in their first
year of primary school against five learning and
development domains.
In 2018, 31.3% of children in their first year of school in Indigo Shire were developmentally at risk or
developmentally vulnerable of:
• Having difficulty participating in games • Being difficult to understand and had
involving the use of language difficulty understanding others
Indigo Shire Council - Community Profile 2021 11Impacts from Coronavirus
Data is still being collected to understand
the full impact of Coronavirus on
Communities.
There is no data available at a Local Government
Level, however a study undertaken by Vic Health titled
the Victorian Wellbeing Impact Study identified the
following:
Those experiencing the most significant health
and wellbeing impacts compared to the Victorian
population overall, included:
• young people aged 18–35 years
• people on low incomes
• people who are unemployed
• people with a self-reported disability
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• people living in inner Melbourne
• bushfire-affected communities.
How the second pandemic wave impacted some aspects of the health
and wellbeing of Victorians
Less than a third of Victorians (31%) felt 1 in 5 Victorians ate more vegies in the
connected to others during the second second pandemic wave, mainly because
pandemic wave, significantly lower than they were cooking more.
the first wave (37%).
1 in 2 school-aged kids were less active
1 in 3 Victorians were worried about their during the second wave of the pandemic.
loss of connection during the second wave
of the pandemic. 3 in 5 Victorians who participate in music
and arts groups stopped during the second
2 in 5 Victorians found it hard (or very hard) wave
to stay connected with friends and family
during the second wave of the pandemic. 3 in 4 Victorians who participate in fitness
classes stopped attending during the
More than half of Victorians said they second wave.
wanted to get involved in a community
group or club once coronavirus restrictions
eased.
Data: VicHealth Coronavirus Victorian Wellbeing
Impact Study: Follow Up Survey
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