4818.5 - Community Preparedness for Emergencies, Western Australia, October 2011

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 30/05/2012

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Explanatory Notes Glossary Abbreviations Appendix1 Quality Declaration - Summary Data Quality (Technical Note)	APPENDIX APPENDIX1 ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE In addition to the statistics provided in this publication, the ABS can produce customised tabulations on request. Subject to confidentiality and sampling variability constraints, tabulations can be produced from the survey by cross-classifying any of the following data items for the relevant survey populations. Some data items have changed from the previous iteration of this State Supplementary Survey topic. See Explanatory note 10 for details. DATA ITEMS Demographic Region of usual residence Perth Major Statistical Region Balance of WA Major Statistical Region Dissemination region Central metropolitan Eastern metropolitan Northern metropolitan South west metropolitan South east metropolitan Lower western WA Remainder-balance of WA Family composition of household One family households Couple family with dependent children One parent family with dependent children Couple only Other one family households Multiple family households Non-family households Lone person Group household Family composition Couple family Couple family with children under 15 Couple family with no children under 15 One parent family One parent family with children under 15 One parent family with no children under 15 Other family Number of people in household Lone person Two persons Three persons Four or more persons Elderly households Household with no persons aged 75 years and over Households with one person aged 75 years and over Households with two or more persons aged 75 years and over Seniors households At least one person aged 60 years and over No persons aged 60 years and over Number of persons aged 15 years and over One person aged 15 years and over Two persons aged 15 years and over Three or more persons aged 15 years and over No person aged 15 years and over Number of children aged 0 to 14 in the household One child aged 0 to 14 Two or more children aged 0 to 14 No children aged 0 to 14 Young and senior household members No persons under 15 years nor over 59 years of age At least one person under 15 years but no one over 59 years of age At least one person over 59 years but no one under 15 years of age At least one person under 15 years and one person over 59 years of age Age of youngest household member in household Household with at least one member aged 0 to 4 years Household with at least one member aged 5 to 9 but none less than 5 years Household with at least one member aged 10 to 14 but none less than 10 years Household with at least one member aged 15 to 19 but none less than 15 years Household with no member aged less than 20 years Evacuation and communication Whether household has experienced any major emergencies in their area Have experienced a major emergency in area Have not experienced a major emergency in area Don't know Whether household has agreed place to meet if evacuated or unable to return home Have agreed place to meet Do not have agreed place to meet Don't know Whether household member(s) have plans for how to get out of the dwelling if there was an emergency Has plans to get out of dwelling Does not have plans to get out of dwelling Don't know Whether anyone in household would need help getting out of dwelling in an emergency Need help to leave dwelling Do not need help to leave dwelling Assistance required to leave dwelling Young children or babies needing help Mobility impaired Visually impaired Intellectual disability Other Do not need help Whether anyone in household would need help with transport to leave area in an emergency Need transport help to leave area Do not need transport help to leave area Whether household has anyone to stay with if had to leave home Have someone to stay with Do not have anyone to stay with Whether household has pets needing evacuation in an emergency Have pets needing evacuation Do not have pets needing evacuation Reasons household members would not want to leave dwelling Do not have reasons Looters, security or vandalism Stay and protect in a bush fire Other Whether anyone in household cares for anyone outside the household (excluding paid care) Someone in household cares for someone who lives elsewhere No person caring for someone who lives elsewhere Whether household has persons who do not understand English Someone in household does not understand English All understand English Whether household has someone who does not speak English Someone in household does not speak English All speak English Whether person who does not understand or speak English would understand emergency instructions in English Would understand emergency instructions in English Would not understand emergency instructions in English Preparedness Whether household has any drinking water in bottles or containers Has water stored Does not have stored drinking water Don't know Available stored drinking water Less than 1 litre 1 to less than 5 litres 5 to less than 10 litres 10 to less than 20 litres 20 litres or more Have water stored but unknown volume Don't know if there is stored water No bottled water Whether household has food that does not require cooking or refrigeration Has food that does not require cooking or refrigeration Does not have food of this type Don't know Amount of stored ready to eat food 1 to 3 days of food 4 to 6 days of food 7 to 14 days of food More than 14 days of food Have food but unknown quantity Don’t know if there is stored food None stored Whether household has a torch which is ready to use in your home Torch ready to use Does not have torch ready for use Don’t know Whether household has a portable radio with working batteries in it Has portable radio with working batteries Does not have portable radio with working batteries Don’t know Whether household has landline telephone Has landline telephone connection Does not have landline telephone connection Don’t know Landline telephones Cordless handset only Fixed handset only Both cordless and fixed handsets Don't know type of handset in use Don’t know if have landline phone Does not have landline telephones Access to the internet Has access to the internet Does not have access to the internet Don’t know First aid qualification Someone has first aid qualification No-one has first aid qualification Don’t know First aid qualification and recency of qualification Qualification obtained or renewed in last three years Qualification not obtained or renewed in last three years Don't know if qualification obtained or renewed in last three years Don't know if anyone has first aid qualification No first aid qualification Whether household keeps important documents together Keeps important documents together Does not keep important documents together Don’t know Medication for any long term medical conditions Someone in household on medication for long term medical condition No-one on medication for long term medical condition Don't know Medications and whether medications kept together Medications kept together Medications not kept together Has medication but don't know if kept together Don't know if anyone is on medication for long term condition No-one on medication for long term condition Whether on medication for long term medical condition and whether list of medications kept List of medications kept for long term condition Does not have medication list kept for long term condition Don’t know if there's medication list but have medication for long term condition Don't know if anyone on medication for long term condition No-one on medication for long term condition Awareness-Preparing Awareness of how warnings are communicated Police contacts Road Traffic Authority (RTA) contacts Telephone hotline Internet Radio Television Emergency services personnel Other Don't know Dwelling characteristics Dwelling structure Separate house Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse, etc. Flat, unit, or apartment Other Tenure type Fully owned, or being purchased Rented Other Whether dwelling is covered by building insurance Covered by building insurance Does not have building insurance cover Don't know Whether dwelling is covered by contents insurance Covered by contents insurance Does not have contents insurance cover Don't know Whether dwelling is covered by comprehensive insurance Comprehensive - both building and contents Building cover only Contents cover only Does not have any cover Don't know Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.