PHIDU - Community Strengths (PHN) 2014-2016

This dataset, released July 2018, contains the community strength of areas based on Voluntary work for an organisation or group - people aged 15 years and over, 2016; Estimated number of people aged 18 years and over who did unpaid voluntary work in the last 12 months through an organisation (modelled estimates), 2014; Estimated number of people aged 18 years and over who are able to get support in times of crisis from people outside the household (modelled estimates), 2014; Estimated number of people aged 18 years and over (or their partner) who provide support to other relatives living outside the household (modelled estimates), 2014; Estimated number of people aged 18 years and over who disagree/strongly disagree with acceptance of other cultures (modelled estimates), 2014; Estimated number of people aged 18 years and over who, in the past 12 months, felt that they had experienced discrimination or have been treated unfairly by others (modelled estimates), 2014.

The data is by Primary Health Network (PHN) 2017 geographic boundaries based on the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

There are 31 PHNs set up by the Australian Government. Each network is controlled by a board of medical professionals and advised by a clinical council and community advisory committee. The boundaries of the PHNs closely align with the Local Hospital Networks where possible.

For more information please see the data source notes on the data.

Source: Compiled by PHIDU based on the ABS Census of Population and Housing, August 2016; Estimates for Population Health Areas (PHAs) are modelled estimates and were produced by the ABS from the 2014 General Social Survey; estimates at the LGA and PHN level were derived from the PHA estimates; Estimates for Quintiles and Remoteness Areas were compiled by PHIDU based on direct estimates from the 2014 General Social Survey, ABS Survey TableBuilder.

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data. Data that was not shown/not applicable/not published/not available for the specific area ('#', '..', '^', 'np, 'n.a.', 'n.y.a.' in original PHIDU data) was removed.It has been replaced by by Blank cells. For other keys and abbreviations refer to PHIDU Keys.