A Regional Profile

Cradle Coast Region Tasmania

Tasmania

Waratah/Wyn-yard (M)-Pt B

Central Coast (M) - Pt ADevonport (C)

Latrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt ALatrobe (M) - Pt A

Waratah/Wynyard (M) - Pt A

West Coast (M)

Latrobe (M) - Pt B

Burnie (C) - Pt A

Central Coast (M) - Pt BKentish (M)

Burnie (C) - Pt B

Circular Head (M)

Huon Valley (M)

Derwent Valley (M)

Central Highlands (M)

Pt Sor

ell

Devon

port

Sheffield

Latrobe

Stanley

Launceston

Wyn

yard

Ulverst

one

Pengu

inBurnie

Hobart

Waratah

Roseberry

Strahan

Smithton

Queenstown

Zeehan

NORTHWESTERNRURALSSD

LYELL SSD

BURNIE-DEVONPORT SSD

STATISTICAL SUBDIVISION (SSD)Statistical Local AreaUrban Centre/Locality

Naracoopa

Currie

Grassy

Inset - King Island (M)

September 2003

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Contents

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Preface ________________________________________________________________v

Abbreviations _______________________________________________________________vi

Summary—Key Points________________________________________________________1

Selected summary indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Section 1 Introduction _____________________________________________________9

1.1 Location and physical environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Reference map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.3 Summary of settlement and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.4 Selected summary indicators as a proportion of Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Section 2 The People_____________________________________________________17

2.1 Population growth and projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2 Components of population change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2.3 Age structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.4 Other selected characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.5 Household and family structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2.6 Home ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2.7 Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2.8 Income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2.9 Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

2.10 Socio-economic indexes for areas (SEIFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

2.11 Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

2.12 Computer use at home and Internet use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

2.13 Gaming machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Section 3 The Labour Market _____________________________________________49

3.1 Unemployment and labour force participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3.2 Employed persons by industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

3.3 Detailed breakdown of employed persons by industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

3.4 Level of qualification of the labour force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Section 4 Economic Activity_______________________________________________68

4.1 Business locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

4.2 Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

4.3 Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

4.4 Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

4.5 Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

4.6 Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

4.7 Building approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

4.8 Median sales value of houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

4.9 New motor vehicle registrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

4.10 Energy infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Section 5 The Environment _______________________________________________93

5.1 Managing Tasmania’s environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

5.2 Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

5.3 Environmental complaints: industrial pollution incidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

5.4 The threat to the environment of foxes in Tasmania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

5.5 Preservation of cultural heritage sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Appendix 1 Detailed Listing of Tables, Graphs and Maps_____________________101

Appendix 2 Standard Set of Indicators/Tables_______________________________108

Sources and References ___________________________________________________109

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Contents

Preface

It provides a context for the issues, opportunities and strategies identified within the FederalGovernment’s Sustainable Regions Programme which is a major initiative under the StrongerRegions: A Stronger Australia Statement.

The statistics, which provide key background information, can be used to support the decision makingprocesses that may be undertaken in the Region for sustained economic and communitydevelopment.

The content has been drawn mainly from Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data but has also beensupplemented by data from a range of other sources, such as the Australian Taxation Office, theDepartment of Family and Community Services and several state and local government agencies. TheDepartment of Transport and Regional Services wishes to acknowledge the assistance provided bythese agencies.

This profile is one of a series of eight profiles that have been produced for the Regions identified forthe Sustainable Regions Programme. The eight Regions are:

Atherton Tablelands (Qld) Kimberley (WA)Campbelltown/Camden (NSW) Cradle Coast Region TasmaniaFar North East NSW Playford/Salisbury (SA)Gippsland (Vic.) Wide Bay–Burnett (Qld)

A standard set of indicators are presented for each of the eight Regions. A number of other indicatorsare also presented according to the characteristics of each Region. For example, sections on tourismand mining may appear in the Kimberley Overview because they are important to that Region, butthese topics may not appear in the Playford/Salisbury Overview because the activities are eitherrelatively minor or non-existent.

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This Regional Profile provides a broad overview of the social, economic and environmentalcharacteristics of the Cradle Coast Region Tasmania.

Abbreviations

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics

ANZSIC Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification

ATO Australian Taxation Office

(C) City

DHA Department of Health and Ageing (Commonwealth Government)

DOTARS Department of Transport and Regional Services (Commonwealth Government)

EIA Environmental impact assessment

GST Goods and Services Tax

HEC Hydro-Electric Commission (now Hydro Tasmania)

kms kilometres

LGA Local Government Area

m metres

(M) Municipality

mm millimetres

MW megawatt

$m million dollars

n.e.c. not elsewhere classified

NEM National Energy Market

RFA Regional Forest Agreement

RMPS Resource management and planning system

SD Statistical Division

SEIFA Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas

SLA Statistical Local Area

SOE State of the Environment (Reports)

sq km square kilometre

SSD Statistical Subdivision

TAFE Technical and Further Education

Tas. Tasmania

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

WHA World Heritage Area

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