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Population

  • The 2004 total population of Greater Dandenong Local Government Area (LGA) was 127,230.
  • The Department of Sustainability and Environment projects the 2020 population of Greater Dandenong LGA will reach 136,800.
  • There are 13,750 children aged 0 to 8, comprising 10.8% of Greater Dandenong’s total population. This compares with 11.3% for Victoria as a whole.
  • There are approximately 556 people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in Greater Dandenong, making up approximately 0.4% of the area’s population.

Socio-Economic

  • The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2001 Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSED) for Greater Dandenong was 876.9. A lower score indicates a higher level of disadvantage. This compares with the State IRSED of 1016.
  • Greater Dandenong was ranked 1 out of the 78 LGAs in Victoria on the IRSED. A rank of 1 was assigned to the most disadvantaged LGA.
  • Based on the 3rd Quarter of 2005, the unemployment rate in Greater Dandenong was 7.1%, compared to 5.5% for Victoria as a whole.

Language/Cultural Background

  • 50.8% of Greater Dandenong’s population were born overseas, compared to 23.3% of Victoria as a whole.
  • Of those born overseas, 21.8% speak only English and 52.5% speak English “well” or “very well”.
  • 24.3% of those born overseas speak English “not well” or “not at all”, this compares to 13.6% of all Victorians born overseas.

Families

  • There are approximately 13,282 families with children aged 15 and under in Greater Dandenong.
  • 76.8% of the 13,282 families are couple families, compared with 80.6% of all families with children aged 15 and under in Victoria.
  • 23.2% of the 13,282 families are one-parent families, compared with 19.4% of all families with children aged 15 and under in Victoria.

Immunisation

  • Based on the 3rd Quarter of 2005, 92.1% of children in the 12 to 15 month age cohort in Greater Dandenong were fully immunised. This compares to 92.0% of children in this age cohort across Victoria.
  • Based on the 3rd Quarter of 2005, 88.3% of children in the 24 to 27 month age cohort in Greater Dandenong were fully immunised. This compares to 92.5% of children in this age cohort across Victoria.

Child Health

  • From July 2003 to June 2005 there were 235.9 Hospital Separations per 1000 of all children aged 0 to 8 in Greater Dandenong.
  • This compares with a rate of 229.5 Hospital Separations per 1000 children aged 0 to 8 across Victoria for the same period.

Teen Pregnancy

  • There were 29.6 births per thousand females aged 15 to 19 in Greater Dandenong during 2003 and 2004.
  • This compares to 19.0 births per thousand females aged 15 to 19 across Victoria for the same period.

Contact Information

Address

Dandenong and District Aboriginal Cooperative
3 Carroll Avenue
Dandenong 3175

Telephone

(03) 9794 5973