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Community Wellbeing Scorecard
Prepared for: City of Kwinana
Prepared by: Catalyse Pty Ltd
July 2016
© Copyright CATALYSE® Pty Ltd 2016
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49
18
3
19
38
37
25
92
6
1
54
33
17
9
18
12
11
8
21
11
8
2
Male
Female
18-34
35-54
55+
Own
Rent
Other
No children
Children aged 0-12
Children aged 12+
Calista / Medina
Parmelia / Kwinana City Centre
Orelia
Bertram
Leda
Wellard / Wellard West
Casuarina / Wellard East
Wandi
Outer Suburbs
Disability
ATSI
NESB
Community Wellbeing Scorecard | the approach
In April-May the City of Kwinana administered the
CATALYSE® Community Wellbeing Scorecard.
Purpose
To assist the City of Kwinana to better understand and meet
local community and wellbeing needs.
Methodology
Survey invitations were mailed to 2,000 randomly
selected households and emailed to 2,000 randomly
selected residents.
427 residents submitted a response reducing the sampling
error to ±4.74% at the 95% confidence interval.
The final dataset was weighted by age and gender to match
the ABS Census population profile.
Data has been analysed using SPSS. Where sub-totals add
to ±1% of the parts, this is due to rounding errors to zero
decimal places.
Industry Standards
National and state comparisons are provided when available
with the source indicated throughout the report.
Weighted % of respondents
37
63
22
46
32
Unweighted
2 ATSI = Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
NESB = Non-English Speaking Background
How to read this report
The chart shows community
perceptions of performance on a five
point scale from strongly agree to
strongly disagree.
Variance across the community shows how results vary across
the community based on the percentage agree score.
The table highlights variances in different population groups that are
5 points above (+) or below (-) the Council’s overall Performance
Index Score for that measure.
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City of Kwinana is the Council’s
percentage agree score.
WA Average is the average score
among WA based councils that
have completed a comparable
study with CATALYSE
Quality of Life
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To calculate ‘overall quality of life’, respondents were asked:
Overall, how good is your life when you step back and think about it? Please
imagine a ladder with steps numbered from zero at the bottom to 10 at the top.
The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom
of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you.
This question is based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale (Cantril, 1965)
and used by leading organisations such as Gallup and OECD to calculate ‘quality of
life’.
Quality of Life
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37
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Quality of life ratings % of respondents
Struggling Thriving Suffering
Gallup classify respondents into three segments:
1. Thriving - wellbeing that is strong, consistent, and progressing. These respondents have positive views of their present life situation (7+) and have positive views of the next five years (8+). According to Gallup studies, this segment reports significantly fewer health problems, fewer sick days, less worry, stress, sadness, anger, and more happiness, enjoyment, interest, and respect.
2. Struggling - wellbeing that is moderate or inconsistent. These respondents have moderate views of their present life situation OR moderate OR negative views of their future. They are either struggling in the present, or expect to struggle in the future. According to Gallup studies, this segment reports more daily stress and worry about money than the "thriving" respondents, and more than double the amount of sick days. They are more likely to smoke, and are less likely to eat healthy.
3. Suffering - wellbeing that is at high risk. These respondents have poor ratings of their current life situation (4 and below) AND negative views of the next five years (4 and below). According to Gallup studies, people in this segment are more likely to report lacking the basics of food and shelter, more likely to have physical pain, a lot of stress, worry, sadness, and anger. They have less access to health insurance and care, and more than double the disease burden, in comparison to "thriving" respondents.
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Quality of Life | global comparisons
City of Kwinana* 60 37 4
Source: www.gallup.com/poll/126977/global-wellbeing-surveys-find-nations-worlds-apart.aspx
* Results have been rounded to 0 decimal places.
Results to 1 decimal place were: Thriving - 59.6%; Struggling - 36.8%; Suffering - 3.6%
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Community Wellbeing | Industry Comparisons
Community Wellbeing Indicator City of Kwinana Industry Score Variance
Quality of life | mean score out of 10 7.1 7.3
I am proud of the area where I live | % agree 70 84
I feel like I belong in my local community | % agree 51 70
I feel like my life has a sense of purpose | % agree 76 87
I feel valued and appreciated by others | % agree 72 88
Prefer living in a community that attracts people from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds | % 63 71
Social connections | % belong to 1 or more groups or associations 65 59
Work-life balance | % usually work 50+ hours 48 14
Participated in unpaid voluntary work | % 44 59
Household spending | % save money 62 75
Can count on relatives or friends if in trouble | % 83 92
Family member with a disability, long-term illness or pain puts a burden on you/ your family | % 28 20
…that places a big or very big burden on you or your family | % 29 21
Health | % excellent or very good (self reported) 45 59
Level of physical activity | % active or very active 41 51
Alcohol consumption | % consume with high short-term risk 8 11
Fruit consumption | % who consume 2+ serves per day 54 52
Vegetable consumption | % who consume 2+ serves per day 75 79
Fast food consumption | % who consume 1+ meal per week 69 32
Smoking | % who are current smokers 10 12
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39
16
11
4
100
I am proud of the area where I live
Variances across the community 5% points above or below council average
City of Kwinana 70
Western Australia 84
Industry Comparisons ^ % Agree
Q. Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements: I am proud of the area where I live.
Base: All respondents, excludes ‘Unsure’ (n = 403)
^ CATALYSE Industry Standards (Cities of Belmont, Kwinana and Melville)
Male
Fem
ale
18-3
4 y
ears
35-5
4 y
ears
55+
years
Ow
n
Rent
No c
hild
ren
Child
ren 0
-12
Child
ren 1
3+
Calis
ta /
Medin
a
Parm
elia
/
Kw
inana C
ity
Ore
lia
Bert
ram
Leda
Wella
rd /
Wella
rd W
est
Casuarina /
Wella
rd E
ast
Wandi
Em
plo
yed
Unem
plo
yed
Dis
abili
ty
NE
SB
Hig
h s
chool
CE
RT
or
less
TA
FE
/ T
rade
Tert
iary
degre
e
- + + - - + + +
Level of agreement % of respondents
Somewhat
agree Neutral
Strongly
agree Somewhat
disagree
Strongly
disagree
8
16
35 27
13
8
100
I feel like I belong in my local community
City of Kwinana 51
Western Australia 70
Industry Comparisons ^ % Agree
Q. Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements: I feel like I belong in my local
community. Base: All respondents, excludes ‘Unsure’ (n = 397)
^ CATALYSE Industry Standards (Cities of Belmont, Kwinana and Melville)
Variances across the community 5% points above or below council average
Male
Fem
ale
18-3
4 y
ears
35-5
4 y
ears
55+
years
Ow
n
Rent
No c
hild
ren
Child
ren 0
-12
Child
ren 1
3+
Calis
ta /
Medin
a
Parm
elia
/
Kw
inana C
ity
Ore
lia
Bert
ram
Leda
Wella
rd /
Wella
rd W
est
Casuarina /
Wella
rd E
ast
Wandi
Em
plo
yed
Unem
plo
yed
Dis
abili
ty
NE
SB
Hig
h s
chool
CE
RT
or
less
TA
FE
/ T
rade
Tert
iary
degre
e
- + + + + - + - - - + - + + -
Level of agreement % of respondents
Somewhat
agree Neutral
Strongly
agree Somewhat
disagree
Strongly
disagree
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Engagement with local events
60
42
40
39
37
34
31
31
31
27
25
23
22
12
19
9
14
5
9
5
16
4
5
8
6
4
6
2
Australia Day celebrations
Neighbour Day Events
Festival Fair Day
FreakFest*
PETScapade
Sunset Fiesta
School Fetes
Kwinana NAIDOC week
Chisham Square Movie Nights
Children’s Party
Medina Festival
Our Heritage, including MedinaHeritage Walk
Arts Exhibitions
Community Centre Birthday Events
Aware
Attended
% of respondents who have heard of or attended an event
Q. Over the past 12 months, which of the following events had you heard of? And, which events did you attend?
Base: All respondents, excludes ‘Unsure’. Heard of n = 371; Attended n = 354
* FreakFest awareness combines responses with a question about Youth Activity Awareness.
There is highest awareness of the Australia Day
Celebrations, followed by Neighbour Day events,
Festival Fair Day and Freakfest.
The school fetes have the greatest awareness to
attendance conversion, with close to 1 in 2 residents
who hear about the fetes attending these events.
The Festival Fair Day has the second highest
awareness to attendance conversion with 1 in 3 who
hear this event attending.
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Engagement with local places
24
2
3
4
9
9
13
15
16
39
41
47
None of the above
Kwinana Volunteer ResourceCentre
The Zone Youth Space
Smirk’s Cottage
William Bertram Community Centre
Sloan’s Cottage
John Wellard Community Centre
Kwinana Loop Trail
Koorliny Arts Centre
Kwinana Recquatic
Kwinana Library
Darius Wells Library & ResourceCentre
% of respondents who have been to places
Q. Over the past 12 months, which of the following places have you been to?
Base: All respondents, excludes ‘Unsure’ (n = 365)
Image credits: www.aroundyou.com.au; www.liwaaquatics.net.au
Darius Wells Library and Resource Centre, Kwinana
Library and Kwinana Recquatic Centre have been
the most popular community facilities to visit over the
past 12 months.
11
6 5
4
8
78
25
13
15
24
24
Frequency of using alternative transport
Base: all respondents, excludes ‘unsure’ and ‘no response’.
Public transport n = 372; Walk n = 364; Cycle n = 365
Use public transport Cycle to local destinations
instead of driving
12
19
11
26
32
Walk to local destinations
instead of driving
12
Safety concerns
8
10
16
16
19
26
25
21
24
9
10
16
16
18
15
12
18
17
11
20
15
14
18
21
19
16
20
27
22
22
25
19
14
20
24
18
44
37
31
29
26
24
23
21
21
Dangerous driving / hooning
Home burglaries / break-ins /trespassing
Alcohol and drug use
Robberies (of personalpossessions)
Car theft
Assaults / harassment
Family domestic violence
Graffiti / vandalism
Tobacco smoke in public places
1 2 3 4 5% of respondents
There are greatest concerns with hooning and dangerous driving, with the highest level of concern in Bertram
and Leda.
Q. Over the past 12 months, how concerned have you been with the following issues in your local area:
Base: Varies, excludes ‘unsure’ and ‘refused’.
Community Concern
Index Score Not at all concerned Extremely concerned
72
66
59
59
54
49
51
51
49
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Moving forward
What role would you like the City to take to address the following community priorities?
Strategic considerations for Council
• Address safety concerns with hoons?
• Enhance local parks, playgrounds and
reserves?
• Improve the appearance of streetscapes?
• Lobby for better public transport?
• Strengthen economic development with
better shops, restaurants and broadband
internet services?
Strengthen Wellbeing Enhance Services & Facilities
• Build local pride?
• Strengthen the sense of belonging?
• Support residents to achieve a healthier
work-life balance?
• Improve general health?
• Encourage residents to review household
spending patterns and increase savings?
• Reduce fast-food consumption?
• Increase the level of physical activity?
• Encourage greater adoption of active
transport solutions?
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