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Measuring remoteness in Australia • The Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) has five main categories for remoteness: Regional Remote Male pop distribution Major cities (MC) Inner regional (IR) Outer regional (OR) Remote (R) Very remote (VR) 68.0% 19.7% 9.6% 1.6% 0.8% For example Sydney Albury Broken Hill Bourke Wilcannia
Demographics: rural men at a glance In regional and remote areas (compared with Major cities) there are: • More boys and fewer older men • More lone-person households • Generally lower levels of education • Higher rates of employment in primary production • Lower levels of marriage • Lower levels of home ownership • Higher rates of volunteering Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2006.
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