Communities and Justice

Community Profiles Report

The Community Profiles Report lets DCJ staff, Non-Government Organisations, and the public, access information critical to service-planning needs, and address community data needs across 129 NSW Local Government Areas (LGAs).

The Community Profiles Report covers over 40 measures, with these data being reported under eight domains:

Key Statistics

Measures:

  • 2021 Australian Census
    A count of persons (and their proportions), by total population, Aboriginality, family households, other households, occupied private dwellings, by age group, and by labour force status.
  • Time series
    A count of persons by age group, Aboriginality, family households, other households, those aged 15+, and by labour force status, across the 2011, 2016 and 2021 Australian Census.
  • Map visualisations
    A colour map of persons broken down by age group, Aboriginality, family households, other households, those aged 15+, by labour force status, and distribution across LGA.

 

People and Demographics

Measures:

  • Distribution by Sex and Age
    A count of persons, in age groups, and by sex.
  • Number of people by registered marital status
    A count of persons, in age groups, by their formal registered marital status.
  • Number of people who changed their usual place of residence since 1 year before the 2021 Australian Census
    A count of persons who changed their usual place of residence since one year before the 2021 Australian Census, by relocation status, relocation area (inside and outside Australia), and by sex.
  • Number of people by place of usual residence five years before the 2021 Australian Census
    A count of persons who changed their usual place of residence since five years before the 2021 Australian Census, by relocation status, relocation area (inside and outside Australia), and by sex.
Employment

Measures:

  • Employment Status
    A count of persons, in age groups, by their employment status, and by sex.
  • Industry of employment
    A count of persons, in age groups, by their employment industry, and by sex.
  • Hours worked
    A count of persons (and their proportions), of hours worked per week, by their employment industry, and by sex.
  • Occupation
    A count of persons (and their proportions), in age groups, by their work occupation, and by sex.
  • Financial information
    A count of persons (and their proportions), in age groups, by median personal income and median family income compared to the median rent and median monthly mortgage of the LGA, by income distribution, and by sex.
Education

Measures:

  • Education institution attending
    A count of students by type of educational institution, attendance status, and by sex.
  • Highest year of school completed
    A count of persons aged 15+, in age groups, no longer attending school by the highest year of school completed, and by sex.
  • Highest non-school qualification: level of education
    A count of persons aged 15+, in age groups, by the highest non-school level of education or qualification, and by sex.
  • Field of study
    A count of persons aged 15+ with a non-school qualification, in ten-year age groups, by the field of study, and by sex.
  • NSW Government schools – Master Dataset
    A count of students attending NSW Government schools, by Full-Time Equivalent school enrolment, Indigenous count, Language Background Other Than English, and distribution across LGA.
Social and Community

Measures:

  • Core activity need for assistance
    A count of persons aged 15+ (and their proportions), by health conditions with assistance need.
  • NDIS participant count
    A count of persons who participate in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), across calendar year quarters.
  • Voluntary work for an organisation or group
    A count of persons aged 15+ (and their proportions), in age groups, by volunteer status, and by sex.
  • Unpaid domestic work
    A count of persons aged 15+ (and their proportions), in age groups, by hours of unpaid work, and by sex.
  • Unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age
    A count of persons aged 15+ (and their proportions), in age groups, engaging in unpaid assistance, and by sex.
  • Unpaid child care
    A count of persons aged 15+ (and their proportions), in age groups, engaging in childcare, and by sex.
Safety

Measures:

  • Crime rates and incident count
    A rate and count of criminal incidents, by offence group, offence type, and time period, and a corresponding LGA safety rank for the major offences in NSW. 
  • Premises of the crime
    A rate of criminal incidents, by major offences in NSW, by type of premises.
  • Victims Profile
    A rate of victims of the major offences in NSW, by age group, and by sex.
  • Persons of Interest Profile
    A count of persons aged 10+ (and their proportions) by age group, as persons of interest in offences, and by sex.
  • Alcohol related criminal incidents
    A count of persons (and their proportions), as persons involved in criminal incidents, and if alcohol was related.
  • Timeline
    A count of criminal incidents by month.
  • Exact weekday and time of offence
    A count of criminal incidents (and their proportions) by time of day and day of week in six-hour blocks.
  • Persons of interest - Aboriginality
    A count of persons (and their proportions), as persons of interest involved in criminal incidents, by Aboriginality. 
  • Victims - Aboriginality
    A count of persons (and their proportions), as victims involved in criminal incidents, by Aboriginality.
Health

Measures:

  • Type of long-term health condition
    A count of persons (and their proportions), by age group, by long-term health condition, and by sex, across all LGAs.
  • Count of health conditions
    A count of persons (and their proportions), by age group, by number of health conditions, and by sex, across all LGAs.
  • Potentially preventable hospitalisations
    A rate and count of persons involved in potentially preventable hospitalisations, by condition types, by month, and by sex, across all LHDs.
  • Alcohol drinking in adults
    A count of persons (and their proportions) who drink alcohol, by frequency category, by month, and by sex, across all LHDs.
  • Currently smoking adults
    A percentage of persons who smoke, by year, across all LHDs.
  • Overweight and obesity in adults
    A percentage of persons that are overweight or obese, by year, and by sex, across all LHDs.
  • Smoking in pregnancy
    A percentage of persons that engage in smoking during pregnancy, by year, and by Aboriginality, across all LHDs.
  • Mental health related Emergency Department visits
    A rate and count of persons who presented to an emergency department for a mental health issue, by age group, and by sex, across all LHDs.
  • Immunisation in children
    A percentage of children that have been immunized, by age group, by Aboriginality, by year, across all LHDs.
  • LHD vs LGA info
    An information section that outlines the corresponding relationships between LGA and LHD, including percentage of land overlap.
Child Protection

Measures:

  • Children and Young People with Concern Reports
    A count of children aged 0-17 (and their proportions) who have child protection concern reports, by Aboriginality.
  • Children and Young People with ROSH Reports
    A count of children aged 0-17 (and their proportions) who have Risk of Significant Harm (ROSH) reports, by Aboriginality.
  • Children and Young People in OOHC
    A count of children aged 0-17 (and their proportions) who are in out-of-home care (OOHC), by Aboriginality.

 


Publicly available data has been obtained from a wide range of sources such as: the Bureau of Criminal Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Department of Education, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. All data in the Community Profiles Report can be downloaded as CSV and PDF files. Sources and caveats for data are listed in all domains.
 

How to navigate through the Community Profiles Report

Click on the button below to be directed to the landing page for the Community Profiles Report. Basic navigation tips for the landing page are provided below:

To navigate across domains, please click on the name of the corresponding domain, listed on the HOME page and across the top banner.

To filter by LGA, please click on the LGA Name list table.

To filter by measure, please click on the View list table. Each of the eight domains have several different measures available.  

Most measures have the option to switch between Chart view and Data view, with further filters available depending on specific population examined. 

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