What best describes you? Other family 3% member Three quarters of respondents to this Counsellor 2% question aged over 25 identified as Doctor 2% females (n=154). School wellbeing 2% Answer option % response coordinator Female 66.3% Teacher 1% Male 22% Prefer not to say 2% What education or skills based Non binary 0% supports would help you to achieve your work goals? Do you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander? Most respondents aged 25 or under favoured on-site learning (work experience Answer option % response and volunteering) and mentoring as key Yes 0% skill development opportunities. No 100% Answer option Response # Work 249 What is your nearest town? experience/placement Volunteering 147 Respondents aged over 25 were most Mentoring 127 likely to have been from Gisborne (n=65), Barista training 117 Woodend (n=41) or Kyneton (n=29). Careers expo 104 Answer option % response Don’t know 90 Gisborne 32% RSA training 88 Woodend 20% School careers 83 Kyneton 14% counsellor Lancefield 8% TAFE 79 Romsey 7% Small business help 63 Riddells Creek 5% Apprenticeships 60 Macedon 4% 15 Malmsbury 3% Bullengarook 1% At what age do you young Carlsruhe 1% people should start learning about Tylden 1% mental health? Newham 1% Macedon 0% quarters of respondents aged 25 or Ashbourne 0% under favoured starting mental health education in, or before Grade 6; including A range of issues have been nearly a third [n=156] who supported identified as potentially impacting commencing before Grade 5. young people in the Macedon Answer option % response Ranges. Which of the following do Before 5 32% you feel is the top issue facing 6 22% young people in this area? 5 21% Year 7 18% Respondents aged over 25 considered Year 8 3% mental health and wellbeing [n=49], Don’t know 2% alcohol and [33] and access to public Year 10 0% transport [n=24] as the top three issues; Year 11 0% the same as respondents aged under 25. Year 12 0% Answer option % response Mental health and 25% The following questions were completed well being by those aged over 25 [n=202].
Other family member 3% Counsellor 2% Doctor 2% School wellbeing coordinator 2% Teacher 1% What education or skills based supports would help you to achieve your work goals? Most respondents aged 25 or under favoured on-site learning (work experience and volunteering) and mentoring as key skill development opportunities. Answer option Response # Work experience/placement 249 Volunteering 147 Mentoring 127 Barista training 117 Careers expo 104 Don’t know 90 RSA training 88 School careers counsellor 83 TAFE 79 Small business help 63 Apprenticeships 60 15 At what age do you young people should start learning about mental health? quarters of respondents aged 25 or under favoured starting mental health education in, or before Grade 6; including nearly a third [n=156] who supported commencing before Grade 5. Answer option % response Before 5 32% 6 22% 5 21% Year 7 18% Year 8 3% Don’t know 2% Year 10 0% Year 11 0% Year 12 0% The following questions were completed by those aged over 25 [n=202]. What best describes you? Three quarters of respondents to this question aged over 25 identified as females (n=154). Answer option % response Female 66.3% Male 22% Prefer not to say 2% Non binary 0% Do you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander? Answer option % response Yes 0% No 100% What is your nearest town? Respondents aged over 25 were most likely to have been from Gisborne (n=65), Woodend (n=41) or Kyneton (n=29). Answer option % response Gisborne 32% Woodend 20% Kyneton 14% Lancefield 8% Romsey 7% Riddells Creek 5% Macedon 4% Malmsbury 3% Bullengarook 1% Carlsruhe 1% Tylden 1% Newham 1% Macedon 0% Ashbourne 0% A range of issues have been identified as potentially impacting young people in the Macedon Ranges. Which of the following do you feel is the top issue facing young people in this area? Respondents aged over 25 considered mental health and wellbeing [n=49], alcohol and [33] and access to public transport [n=24] as the top three issues; the same as respondents aged under 25. Answer option % response Mental health and well being 25%
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