Table 1.
Demographic characteristics according to remoteness level.
| Major City n (%) |
Inner Regional n (%) |
Outer & Remote n (%) |
Total n (%) |
X2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 4.58 | ||||
| Female | 5199 (53.9%) | 1504 (56.2%) | 1211 (53.7%) | 7907 (54.7) | |
| Male | 4436 (46.1%) | 1174 (43.8%) | 1043 (46.3%) | 6653 (45.3%) | |
| Age bracket | 113.23 * | ||||
| 18–25 | 917 (69.8%) | 221 (16.8%) | 175 (13.3%) | 1313 (9.0%) | |
| 26–49 | 4360 (69.6%) | 959 (15.2%) | 961 (15.2%) | 6310 (38.4% | |
| 50–74 | 3483 (62.3%) | 1191 (21.3%) | 914 (16.4%) | 5588 (38.4%) | |
| 75+ | 838 (62.1%) | 307 (22.8%) | 204 (15.1%) | 1349 (9.3%) | |
| SES Quintile | 1341.02 * | ||||
| 1st (lowest) | 1294 (13.4%) | 837 (31.3%) | 600 (26.6%) | 2731 (18.8%) | |
| 2nd | 1700 (17.7% | 657 (24.5%) | 546 (24.2%) | 2903 (19.9%) | |
| 3rd | 1767 (18.4%) | 660 (24.6%) | 570 (25.3%) | 2997 (20.6%) | |
| 4th | 2238 (23.2%) | 319 (11.9%) | 357 (15.8%) | 2914 (20.0%) | |
| 5th (highest) | 2629 (27.3%) | 205 (7.7%) | 181 (8.0%) | 3015 (20.7%) | |
| Education | 620.18 * | ||||
| Year 12 or higher | 5890 (61.2%) | 1030 (38.5%) | 918 (40.7%) | 7838 (53.5%) | |
| Year 9–11 | 3128 (32.5%) | 1390 (51.9%) | 1131 (50.2%) | 5649 (38.8%) | |
| Year 8 or below | 610 (6.3%) | 258 (9.6%) | 205 (9.1%) | 1073 (7.4%) | |
| Country of birth | 500.86 * | ||||
| Australia | 6056 (62.9%) | 2255 (84.2%) | 1808 (80.2%) | 10,119 (69.5%) | |
| United Kingdom | 818 (8.5%) | 178 (6.6%) | 132 (5.9%) | 1128 (7.7%) | |
| South-eastern Europe | 176 (1.8%) | 10 (0.4%) | 23 (1.0%) | 209 (1.4%) | |
| New Zealand | 273 (2.8%) | 41 (1.5%) | 49 (2.2%) | 363 (2.5%) | |
| India | 246 (2.6%) | 16 (0.6%) | 22 (7.7%) | 284 (2.0%) | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 188 (2.0%) | 17 (0.6% | 25 (0.2% | 230 (1.6%) | |
| North-west Europe | 163 (1.7%) | 26 (1.0%) | 40 (1.8%) | 229 (1.6%) | |
| Other | 1708 (17.7%) | 135 (5.0%) | 155 (7.8%) | 1056 (11.4%) | |
| Total | 9628 (66.1%) | 2678 (18.4%) | 2254 (15.5%) | 14,560 (100%) |
Note: Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) quintiles and collapsed education variable reported in table for brevity. SES, socioeconomic status. * = p < 0.001.