Demographic data
Demographic data was only collected for individuals who submitted Consultation Feedback Booklet. It was not collected for organisations or people who attended the consultation meetings. There were a small number of couples who completed the Consultation Feedback Booklet who have been treated as an individual response for the data analysis. In total there were 131 respondents.
Age and gender
Of the individuals who submitted a Consultation Feedback Booklet (16.0%) were male and 78 (59.5%) were female. From Figure One it can be seen that the majority of males (66.7%) and females (57.7%) were aged between 45 and 64 years.
Figure One: Age and gender of individuals
Carer status
The majority (68.8%) of individuals were carers over the age of 18 as indicated in Figure Two.
Figure Two: Carer status
The reasons for providing care are broken down as indicated in Figure 3. The majority of respondents (52.3%) stated they were caring for someone with a disability.
Figure Three: Reasons for providing care*
* Note that as this was a multiple response question, totals may exceed 109.
Cultural background
Of the 109 individual respondents 92 spoke English, 2 spoke Italian and 1 spoke Portugese. Three people (2.8%) identified as Aboriginal and 2 people (1.8%) identified as Australian South Sea Islander.
Location
Of the individuals who indicated their postcode, 21 (23.1%) came from the Central Queensland/Wide Bay Region, 17 (18.7%) came from the Ipswich/South West Queensland Region, 15 from the South Coast, 14 from the Sunshine Coast, 13 from Brisbane, 10 from North Queensland and 1 from Remote Queensland.
Figure Four: Location of individuals
Organisation Information
The organisations that prepared written responses represented a variety of different people and issues including frail aged, people with a physical or medical disability and people with a mental illness. The Queensland Council of Carers, which is the peak advocacy group for unpaid and family carers, presented a written submission on behalf of its members.
The Australian Pensioners and Superannuants League, which is one of the peak advocacy groups representing pensioners, presented a submission on behalf of older carers. Advocacy groups such as the Council on the Ageing Queensland and the Association for Relatives and Friends of the Mentally Ill were not able to prepare a written submission, but some members of these organisations attended the consultation meetings or completed Consultation Feedback Booklet.
Of the 22 organisations that submitted written responses, 16 stated that their response incorporated the views of many people (ranging from 3 to 3,000 persons). One of the organisations represented people who speak a language other than English at home.
Last updated February 2009