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Data Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2011 Census of Population and Housing

Data Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2011 Census of Population and Housing, Basic Community Profile

Counting: Persons, place of usual residence in local government areas (2011 boundaries)

Please note: Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.

No reliance should be placed on small cells.

Table generated using ABS TableBuilder

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2012

Family Planning Victoria 2013

LGA Profile

Community profile 2011

Country of birth of person Total Male Female

Benin 0 0 0

Burkina Faso 0 0 0

Cameroon 0 0 0

Central African Republic 0 0 0

Chad 0 0 0

Cote d’Ivoire 0 0 0

Djibouti 0 0 0

Egypt 0 0 0

Eritrea 0 0 0

Ethiopia 0 0 0

Gambia 0 0 0

Ghana 0 0 0

Guinea 0 0 0

Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0

India 20 9 11

Indonesia 8 0 8

Iraq 5 5 0

Country of birth of person Total Male Female

Israel 0 0 0

Kenya 0 0 0

Liberia 0 0 0

Malaysia 5 0 5

Mali 0 0 0

Mauritania 0 0 0

Niger 0 0 0

Nigeria 0 0 0

Senegal 0 0 0

Sierra Leone 0 0 0

Somalia 0 0 0

Sudan 0 0 0

Tanzania 0 0 0

Togo 0 0 0

Uganda 0 0 0

United Arab Emirates 0 0 0

Yemen 0 0 0

Total 38 14 24

Indigo Shire Council

PEOPLE: In the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2011 census, there were 15,178 people in Indigo. Of these, 49.6% were

male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

MEDIAN AGE: The median age of people in Indigo was 44 years. Children aged 0-14 years made up 18.9% of the population

and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

COUNTRY OF BIRTH: In Indigo, 87.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England

3.2%, New Zealand 0.7%, Germany 0.6%, the Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.4%.

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME: In Indigo, 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home

included German 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, French 0.2%, Dutch 0.1% and Croatian 0.1%.

EDUCATION: In Indigo, 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school,

26.6% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: The most common responses for religion in Indigo were no religion 26.7%, Catholic 22.4%,

Anglican 21.3%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

Number of residents born in countries where FGM/C is documented

1

Data Source: 2011 Census of Population and Housing.

Female genital cutting, a tradition in transition

Demographic commentary to accompany statistics on countries

March 2013

IntroductionData on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has been gathered since the 1990s and informs preventative policies and programs aimed at abandonment of FGM/C and other harmful traditional practices (HTP). Data is gathered through surveys conducted in practising countries by the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) draw on these figures to provide estimates of prevalence in the countries surveyed.

The DHS surveys include specific standardised questions about FGM/C in the countries where the practice is prevalent,

including whether or not the woman responding and her daughters have been cut, the nature of the cutting and who

performed it, and the respondent’s attitudes towards the practice (UNICEF 2009, p. 14).

The MICS surveys have enquired about FGM/C since 2000, with the latest round in 2005-06 providing data for 13 countries.

Both the DHS and MICS routinely collect data on the basis of region, urban or rural residence, age, household wealth and

level of education, and increasingly on the basis of ethnicity (UNICEF 2009, p. 14).

The following is a compilation of data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2011 Census of population and housing

on countries designated by the WHO as practising FGM/C, with some interpretation. The countries are in alphabetical order.

Family Planning Victoria 2013 2


Country Profile – Benin


Data Source: 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Family Planning Victoria 2013 4



Country Profile – Burkina Faso



Country Profile – Cameroon



Country Profile – Central African Republic



Country Profile – Chad



Country Profile – Côte d’lvoire



Country Profile – Djibouti



Country Profile – Egypt



Country Profile – Eritrea



Country Profile – Ethiopia



Country Profile – Gambia



Country Profile – Ghana



Country Profile – Guinea-Bissau



Country Profile – Guinea



Country Profile – India



Country Profile – Indonesia



Country Profile – Iraq



Country Profile – Israel



Country Profile – Kenya



Country Profile – Liberia



Country Profile – Malaysia



Country Profile – Mali



Country Profile – Mauritania



Country Profile – Niger



Country Profile – Nigeria



Country Profile – Senegal



Country Profile – Sierra Leone



Country Profile – Somalia



Country Profile – Sudan



Country Profile – Tanzania



Country Profile – Togo



Country Profile – Uganda



Country Profile – United Arab Emirates



Country Profile – Yemen



Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2011, Census of Population and Housing, ABS, Canberra.

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