Table 3 Sociodemographic and health characteristics of community survey participants, by LGA
|  | LGA1 (n = 100) | LGA2 (n = 119) | LGA3 (n = 124) | LGA4 (n = 67) | Total (N = 410) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | N | % | |
Gender (N = 410) |  | |||||||||
 Female | 69 | 69.0 | 90 | 75.6 | 99 | 79.8 | 50 | 74.6 | 308 | 75.1 |
 Male | 27 | 27.0 | 28 | 23.5 | 25 | 20.2 | 17 | 25.4 | 97 | 23.7 |
Age (years, N = 391) |  | |||||||||
 18–44 | 36 | 36.0 | 25 | 21.0 | 39 | 35.8 | 24 | 38.1 | 124 | 31.7 |
 45–64 | 27 | 27.0 | 34 | 28.6 | 24 | 22.0 | 20 | 31.7 | 105 | 26.9 |
 65+ | 37 | 37.0 | 60 | 50.4 | 46 | 42.2 | 19 | 30.2 | 162 | 41.4 |
Current living situation (N = 409) |  | |||||||||
 Couple | 44 | 44.0 | 57 | 47.9 | 40 | 32.5 | 34 | 50.7 | 175 | 42.8 |
 Live alone | 23 | 23.0 | 29 | 24.4 | 44 | 35.8 | 6 | 9.0 | 102 | 24.9 |
 Family with children | 26 | 26.0 | 29 | 24.4 | 36 | 29.3 | 25 | 37.3 | 116 | 28.4 |
Country of birth (N = 406) |  | |||||||||
 Australia | 67 | 67.7 | 75 | 63.0 | 63 | 51.2 | 32 | 49.2 | 237 | 58.4 |
 Overseas | 32 | 32.3 | 44 | 37.0 | 60 | 48.8 | 33 | 50.8 | 169 | 41.6 |
Language other than English spoken at home (N = 407) |  | |||||||||
 Yes | 9 | 9.1 | 12 | 10.2 | 44 | 35.5 | 8 | 12.1 | 73 | 17.9 |
 No | 90 | 90.9 | 106 | 89.8 | 80 | 64.5 | 58 | 87.9 | 334 | 82.1 |
Highest educational attainment (N = 404) |  | |||||||||
 High School | 31 | 31.4 | 36 | 30.5 | 48 | 39.3 | 24 | 36.9 | 139 | 34.4 |
 TAFE/Trade | 33 | 33.3 | 41 | 34.7 | 27 | 22.1 | 15 | 23.1 | 116 | 28.7 |
 University | 35 | 35.4 | 41 | 34.7 | 47 | 38.5 | 26 | 40.0 | 149 | 36.9 |
Current employment status (N = 407) |  | |||||||||
 Paid employment | 51 | 51.5 | 53 | 44.9 | 36 | 29.0 | 33 | 50.0 | 173 | 42.5 |
 Unpaid employment | 11 | 11.1 | 9 | 7.6 | 34 | 27.4 | 15 | 22.7 | 69 | 17.0 |
 Retired | 37 | 37.4 | 56 | 47.5 | 54 | 43.5 | 18 | 27.3 | 165 | 40.5 |
Household money situation (N = 397) |  | |||||||||
 Spend more | 24 | 24.5 | 28 | 24.6 | 43 | 35.5 | 28 | 43.8 | 123 | 31.0 |
 Save more | 74 | 75.5 | 86 | 75.4 | 78 | 64.5 | 36 | 56.3 | 274 | 69.0 |
Self-rated health (N = 405) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
 Excellent/very good | 47 | 47.5 | 41 | 35.0 | 54 | 43.9 | 27 | 40.9 | 169 | 41.7 |
 Good | 36 | 36.4 | 57 | 48.7 | 39 | 31.7 | 22 | 33.3 | 154 | 38.0 |
 Fair/Poor | 16 | 16.2 | 19 | 16.2 | 30 | 24.4 | 17 | 25.8 | 82 | 20.2 |
Diagnosed medical conditions (N = 402) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||
 None | 42 | 42.4 | 29 | 24.8 | 48 | 40.0 | 27 | 40.9 | 146 | 36.3 |
 One | 24 | 24.2 | 30 | 25.6 | 22 | 18.3 | 18 | 27.3 | 94 | 23.4 |
 Two or more | 33 | 33.3 | 58 | 49.6 | 50 | 41.7 | 21 | 31.8 | 162 | 40.3 |