Advantaged an disadvantaged suburbs and towns near Geelong

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Some stats came out that reveal advantage and disadvantage in towns and suburbs throughout Australia. Here is the data about local areas - in vicinity of Geelong.  No real surprises there except that Bells Beach came out very high - though how many people actually live there I wonder. I am surprised about Colac East coming out as problematic because the time we spent weekends in Colac we 'judged' the people to be fairly well off in Colac area. Stats can be deceiving of course.  This post is taken from Bay FM Geelong radio station. In the article they didn't give how they arrived at the results.

Victoria’s most disadvantaged – your suburb’s ranking

Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:16

inShare Two local suburbs are at the top of  a list of the most disadvantaged areas  in the state.A new method of measuring  social disadvantage allocates a score  to suburbs, then ranks them from  lowest to highest. Toorloo Arm, near  Lakes Entrance, and with a population of just 127, tops the list with a score of 580. Colac East is second, with Laverton North. In fourth place followed  by Norlane in fifth. Whittington also makes it into the top twenty after being  named in 19th spot. Corio is 41st with Thomson 42nd. Newcomb is in 103rd place, Bell Park is 126th and Mount Pleasant is at 129. At the opposite  end of the scale Bells Beach is ranked at number 1,513, well ahead of Toorak at 1,485. Rippleside is at 1,480, Moriac is at 1,463 with Jan Juc at 1,453. The list was put together by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The full list of local areas and their ranking on the ABS social  disadvantage scale: 2: Colac East 4: Laverton North 5: Norlane 19: Whittington 41: Corio 42: Thomson 52: Laverton 67: Beeac 103: Newcomb 115: Colac 126: Bell Park 139: Mount Pleasant 164: St Leonards 214: Mortlake 242: Bell Post Hill 248: Winchelsea 254: Werribee 265: Portarlington 278: Indented Head 289: Dereel 343: Herne Hill 487: Belmont 492: Hoppers Crossing 525: Wyndham Vale 538: Hamlyn Heights 566: Truganina 623: Geelong West 640: Mount Clear 649: Werribee South 664: Colac West 703: Grovedale 707: Lethbridge 709: Lovely Banks 712: Clifton Springs 758: Fyansford 773: Drysdale 790: Manifold Heights 800: East Geelong 840: Tarneit 847: Lara 852: Barwon Downs 885: Geelong 902: Leopold 928: South Geelong 1029: Lorne 1046: Teesdale 1049: Anglesea 1063: Bannockburn 1071: Inverleigh 1082: Ocean Grove 1139: Queenscliff 1151: Deans Marsh 1152: Gheringhap 1162: Point Lonsdale 1172: Murgheboluc 1193: Newtown 1200: Williams Landing 1212: Mount Moriac 1213: Shelford 1276: Highton 1323: Maude 1332: Torquay 1335: Barwon Heads 1340: Connewarre 1381: Mount Duneed 1411: Gnarwarre 1426: Waurn POnds 1427: Fairhaven 1429: Drumcondra 1430: Batesford 1433: Point Cook 1437: Breamlea 1454: Jan Juc 1458: Curlewis 1463: Moriac 1480: Rippleside 1505: Ceres 1513: Bells Beach