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Socio-Economic Indices for Areas (SEIFA) provides for the socio-economic wellbeing of areas and identifies areas of advantage and disadvantage. SEIFA 2001 (based on data from the 2001 Census) looks at issues such as education, income and occupation and summarises this information into a series of indexes. There are four in SEIFA 2001. High values indicate areas of advantage and low values demonstrate disadvantage.
The SEIFA 2001 indices are described by the ABS as follows:
- Index of Advantage/Disadvantage: this index is a continuum of advantage to disadvantage. It takes into consideration variables such as the proportion of families with high incomes, people with a tertiary education and people employed in a skilled occupation
- Index of Disadvantage: this index focuses on low income, low educational attainment and high unemployment
- Index of Economic Resources: this index is based on variables relating to income, expenditure and assets of families, such as family income, rent paid, mortgage repayment and dwelling size
Index of Education and Occupation: this index takes into consideration the proportion of people with a higher qualification or employment in a skilled occupation
The following downloadable documents are thematic maps of Frankston City that show the four SEIFA 2001 indices to identify levels of advantage and disadvantage in the municipality.
- SEIFA by Advantage Disadvantage
- SEIFA by Disadvantage
- SEIFA by Economic Resources
- SEIFA by Education Occupation
The full Frankston SEIFA Report provides a description of the indices and a comparative analysis of the SEIFA scores for Frankston City, its neighbourhood areas and the Southern Metropolitan Region.
This information can be used in a number of different ways:
- Identifying a new business location
- Research purposes
- Applications for grants
- Community planning
- Delivery of services to the community.
For more information contact the Social Research Officer on 9784 1015 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
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