3854, VIC · Postcode
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
A score of 983 puts postcode 3854 just below the national average for overall advantage. While the area ranks better than over half of similar places, there is a sharp contrast between the high level of financial resources and the lower level of formal education and job skills found here.
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 3854, VIC — higher than 57% of areas.
| 3854, VIC | 6 |
|---|---|
| Latrobe | 2 |
SEIFA indexes ranking relative advantage and disadvantage.
Residents have very strong access to money and resources, scoring a 9 out of 10, which is higher than about 90% of similar areas. This helps pull up the overall advantage score, despite education and job skills being lower than about 60% of comparable places.
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Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
ABS Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage, 2021, as a national decile: 1 = among the 10% most disadvantaged areas in Australia, 10 = among the 10% most advantaged. IRSAD summarises both advantage and disadvantage, so a high score reflects relatively many high-income, well-educated households and few low-income, low-skill ones.
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Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
ABS Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage, 2021, as a national decile: 1 = among the 10% most disadvantaged areas in Australia, 10 = among the least disadvantaged. IRSD focuses on disadvantage alone (low income, low education, unemployment, unskilled occupations), so a higher decile means relatively less disadvantage.
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Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
ABS Index of Economic Resources, 2021, as a national decile: 1 = among the 10% lowest areas for economic resources in Australia, 10 = among the highest. IER reflects the income, housing costs, dwelling size and assets of households, so a higher decile means relatively greater economic resources.
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Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
ABS Index of Education and Occupation, 2021, as a national decile: 1 = among the 10% lowest areas for education and occupation in Australia, 10 = among the highest. IEO reflects residents' qualifications and the skill level of their jobs, so a higher decile means a more highly educated and skilled workforce.
983
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
ABS Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage, 2021, as a raw index score (standardised so the Australian average is about 1000). Higher scores indicate relatively greater advantage; lower scores greater disadvantage.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in 3854, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3854/3854-vic/topic/economy-advantage
