Change and disadvantage in regional Victoria 2011

an overview

• Jeanette Pope
• Department of Planning and Community Development

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30 May 2011These reports provide maps of disadvantage for suburbs and towns based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) 2006. The index combines census variables relating to income, education, occupation, wealth and living conditions. Data are also provided to describe the population make-up of the most disadvantaged localities: Barwon South West, Grampians, Loddon Mallee, Hume and Gippsland.

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Change and Disadvantage in regional Victoria: an overview

This report brings together data from all five reports below to give a regional Victoria wide picture.

Change and disadvantage in regional Victoria: an overview (PDF 2.3MB) or (Word 1.1MB)

Change and Disadvantage in the Hume Region, Victoria

Change and disadvantage in the Hume region, Victoria (PDF 5.8 MB) or

Part 1: Introduction: change and disadvantage in the Hume region (Word 1.3 MB)

Part 2: What is disadvantage and who does it affect? (Word 1.7 MB)

Part 3: Local Government Area data (Alpine to Mansfield) (Word 1.1 MB)

Part 4: Local Government Area data (Moira to Wodonga) (Word 1.3 MB)

Part 5: Conclusion and full list of towns/suburbs for the Hume region (Word 273 Kb) 

Change and Disadvantage in the Loddon Mallee Region, Victoria

Change and disadvantage in the Loddon Mallee region, Victoria (PDF 5.7 MB) or

Part 1: Introduction: change and disadvantage in the Loddon Mallee region (Word 1.3 MB)

Part 2: What is disadvantage and who does it affect? (Word 1.7 MB)

Part 3: Local Government Area data (Word 2.1 MB)

Part 4: Conclusion and full list of towns/suburbs for the Loddon Mallee region (Word 395 Kb)

Change and Disadvantage in the Barwon South West Region, Victoria

Change and disadvantage in the Barwon South West region, Victoria (PDF 5.3 MB) or

Part 1: Introduction: change and disadvantage in the Barwon South West region (Word 1.3 MB)

Part 2: What is disadvantage and who does it affect? (Word 1.7 MB)

Part 3: Local Government Area data (Word 2 MB)

Part 4: Conclusion and full list of towns/suburbs for the Barwon South West region (Word 227 Kb)

Change and Disadvantage in the Gippsland Region, Victoria

Change and disadvantage in the Gippsland region, Victoria (PDF 4.9 MB) or

Part 1: Introduction: change and disadvantage in the Gippsland region (Word 1.3 MB)

Part 2: What is disadvantage and who does it affect? (Word 1.6 MB)

Part 3: Local Government Area data (Word 1.7 MB)

Part 4: Conclusion and full list of towns/suburbs for the Gippsland region (Word 303KB)

Change and Disadvantage in the Grampians Region, Victoria

Change and disadvantage in the Grampians region, Victoria (PDF 5.6 MB) or

Part 1: Introduction: change and disadvantage in the Grampians region (Word 1.3 MB)

Part 2: What is disadvantage and who does it affect? (Word 1.7 MB)

Part 3: Local Government Area data (Word 2.2 MB)

Part 4: Conclusion and full list of towns/suburbs for the Grampians region (Word 445 Kb)