Table 2.

Characteristics of the quantitative survey population (n = 1509) compared with Census 2011 for Australia

Characteristic	Responders n (%)	Australia %
Males	731 (48.4)	49.4
Age, years
16–24	234 (15.5)	14.2
25–54	792 (52)	41.8
55–74	363 (24.1)	19.2
75+	120 (8.0)	6.4
Spoke a language other than English at home	176 (11.7)	23.2
Experienced state of health
Excellent	136 (9.0)	20.4
Very good	547 (36.3)	35.5
Good	562 (37.3)	29.9
Fair	203 (13.4)	10.3
Poor	61 (4.0)	3.9
Education- highest achieved
University or other tertiary institute degree	477 (31.6)	26 %