Our Challenges | The Issues Impacting the Lockhart Community

Our Challenges

Our Challenges

WHAT WE FACE

WHAT WE FACE

Housing

15% homelessness
90% social housing homes
No new housing available
50+ families on wait list for housing

families

43.5% of families have children aged under
15 and no parent employed (13.8% Qld)
30.1% of population aged 0-14 yrs (19.4% Qld)
32% of families have no vehicle

groceries

Groceries cost 65% more than regional areas
During the wet season the community is dependent on the barge freight services (once/wk – weather dependent)

income

Median personal income $17,264/yr or $332/wk
Median family income is $42,120/yr or $810/week
3 times the national unemployment rate

education

42.9% of Yr 3 students achieved the national
minimum standard in reading (96.1% – Qld)
16.7% of Yr 3 students achieved the national
minimum standard in numeracy (95.2% Qld)

pregnacy

65.3% of women smoked during pregnancy
16% of children were born with a low birth weight
2020 – 18% of births mother aged under
20 yrs, 63% of births mother aged 20-29 yrs

health

Our people live 20 years less than the national average
In 2021 we buried 10 people
The suicide rate is 5x higher than the national rate (6x for young men)

Housing

15% homelessness
90% social housing homes
No new housing available
50+ families on wait list for housing

families

43.5% of families have children aged under
15 and no parent employed (13.8% Qld)
30.1% of population aged 0-14 yrs (19.4% Qld)
32% of families have no vehicle

groceries

Groceries cost 65% more than regional areas
During the wet season the community is dependent on the barge freight services (once/wk – weather dependent)

income

Median personal income $17,264/yr or $332/wk
Median family income is $42,120/yr or $810/week
3 times the national unemployment rate

education

42.9% of Yr 3 students achieved the national
minimum standard in reading (96.1% – Qld)
16.7% of Yr 3 students achieved the national
minimum standard in numeracy (95.2% Qld)

pregnacy

65.3% of women smoked during pregnancy
16% of children were born with a low birth weight
2020 – 18% of births mother aged under
20 yrs, 63% of births mother aged 20-29 yrs

health

Our people live 20 years less than the national average
In 2021 we buried 10 people
The suicide rate is 5x higher than the national
rate (6x for young men)

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