Community Wellbeing Scorecard

Prepared for: City of Kwinana

Prepared by: Catalyse Pty Ltd

July 2016

© Copyright CATALYSE® Pty Ltd 2016

51

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

60

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

31

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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