|
Total
|
943
|
100
|
16,517,613
|
100
|
|
Age (Mean ± S.D., range)
|
47.6 ± 16.6, 18–84
| | |
|
Age range (years)a
|
|
18–29
|
181
|
19.2
|
3,533,626
|
21.4
|
|
30–49
|
347
|
36.8
|
6,020,939
|
36.4
|
|
50 +
|
415
|
44.0
|
6,963,048
|
42.2
|
|
Gendera
|
|
Female
|
483
|
51.2
|
8,446,803
|
51.1
|
|
Male
|
460
|
48.8
|
8,070,810
|
48.8
|
|
Country of birth
|
|
Australia
|
727
|
77.1
|
10,674,865
|
64.6
|
|
Not Australia
|
216
|
22.9
|
5,842,748
|
35.4
|
|
Education`
|
|
Higher degree or postgraduate diploma/Bachelor degree
|
299
|
31.7
|
3,268,574
|
19.8
|
|
Diploma/Vocational
|
345
|
36.6
|
1,392,191
|
8.4
|
|
Completed highest level of school
|
178
|
18.9
|
2,639,997
|
16.0
|
|
Did not complete highest level of school
|
121
|
12.8
|
472,469
|
2.9
|
|
Occupation
|
|
Professional/Managerial
|
189
|
20.0
| | |
|
Sales/Clerical
|
147
|
15.6
| | |
|
Technical/Skilled
|
81
|
8.6
| | |
|
Unskilled/Labourer
|
53
|
5.6
| | |
|
Other occupations
|
53
|
5.6
| | |
|
Do not work
|
420
|
44.5
| | |
|
Work outside home
|
|
Yes, full-time
|
331
|
35.1
| | |
|
Yes, part-time
|
192
|
20.4
| | |
|
No (Not employed, student, work at home, homemaker, retired, etc.)
|
420
|
44.5
| | |
|
Gross annual income
|
|
Under $50,000
|
348
|
36.9
| | |
|
$50,000 to just under $100,000
|
281
|
29.8
| | |
|
$100,000 and over
|
208
|
22.1
| | |
|
Refused
|
103
|
11.2
| | |
|
Marital status
|
|
Married/Common law, De-facto or Living with a partner
|
568
|
60.2
| | |
|
Single/Never married
|
227
|
24.1
| | |
|
Divorced/Separated/Widowed
|
148
|
15.7
| | |
|
Number of people in the household
|
|
One
|
186
|
19.7
| | |
|
Two
|
349
|
37.0
| | |
|
Three
|
163
|
17.3
| | |
|
Four
|
172
|
18.2
| | |
|
Five or more
|
73
|
7.7
| | |
|
Children under 18 years of age
|
|
Yes
|
285
|
30.2
| | |
|
No
|
658
|
69.8
| | |
|
Area description
|
|
Within a capital city
|
535
|
56.7
| | |
|
Within a major regional city
|
234
|
24.8
| | |
|
Within a rural town or its surrounds
|
144
|
15.3
| | |
|
More than 5 km from the nearest town
|
30
|
3.2
| | |
|
Statea
|
|
New South Wales
|
296
|
31.4
|
5,316,815
|
32.2
|
|
Victoria
|
257
|
27.3
|
4,149,390
|
25.1
|
|
Queensland
|
181
|
19.2
|
3,278,855
|
19.8
|
|
Western Australia
|
85
|
9.0
|
1,709,692
|
10.4
|
|
South Australia
|
84
|
8.9
|
1,247,852
|
7.6
|
|
Tasmania
|
24
|
2.5
|
381,299
|
2.3
|
|
Australian Capital Territory
|
13
|
1.4
|
277,559
|
1.7
|
|
Northern Territory
|
3
|
0.3
|
153,716
|
0.9
|
|
Other territories
|
0
|
0
|
2433
|
0.0
|
|
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent
|
|
Yes
|
15
|
1.6
|
10,329
|
0.1
|
|
No
|
928
|
98.4
|
16,507,284
|
99.9
|
|
Family member working as a registered healthcare professional e.g. doctor, nurse, dietician or pharmacist
|
|
Yes
|
55
|
5.8
| | |
|
No
|
888
|
94.2
| | |
|
Family history of kidney failure
|
|
Yes
|
47
|
5.0
| | |
|
No
|
896
|
95.0
| | |
|
Medical condition(s)/illness(es) that require regular medications
|
|
High blood pressure known as hypertension
|
|
Yes
|
220
|
23.3
| | |
|
No
|
704
|
74.7
| | |
|
I don’t know
|
19
|
2.0
| | |
|
Raised blood sugar known as diabetes
|
|
Yes
|
81
|
8.6
| | |
|
No
|
840
|
89.1
| | |
|
I don’t know
|
22
|
2.3
| | |
|
Heart problems such as heart failure or heart attack
|
|
Yes
|
42
|
4.5
| | |
|
No
|
877
|
93.0
| | |
|
I don’t know
|
24
|
2.5
| | |
|
Personal history of stroke
|
|
Yes
|
18
|
1.9
| | |
|
No
|
900
|
95.4
| | |
|
I don’t know
|
25
|
2.7
| | |
