Community Youth ProFile Below provides a brief statistical summary about the young people in the Shire of Esperance ‘Urban Centre-Locality’ as provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. With the exception of the table at the bottom of this page, all statistics were from the 2011 Census, whereby the table includes 2001 and 2006 Census information. Note: while the accuracy of the Census statistics could be questioned it is not the intent of this report to do so and information is provided as a general overview only. Population • The defined region’s overall population was 9919 (48.9% male and 51.1% female) with the Indigenous population representing 4.5%. Young people represent 18.933% of the population, almost one fifth. • Comparing the age population of young people against the state the average, the defined region had 1.4% more for the 10 to 14 age group (7.9% compared to 6.5% [WA] respectively); 15 to 19 years had 0.8% + (7.4% to 6.6%[WA]); however 20 to 24 year olds was 1.7% below the WA state average (5.4% to 7.1%[WA]) The table below looks at the population of each youth year and how these have changed over a ten year period; includes the years of 2001, 2006 and 2011.
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