SEIFA definition
Examples of SEIFA in a sentence
The use of SEIFA IRSD to measure disadvantage for this performance indicator may be reviewed pending national agreement on a definition of vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
See the ABS website for more information (Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia, 2016, ABS cat.
The denominator is obtained by summing all children aged 4 or 5 years who reside in areas with a SEIFA IRSD quintile of 1 (based on Statistical Area 1, SA1) and who have a ‘Yes’ response against the child level data element ‘Early childhood education program enrolment indicator’ (representing enrolment in the year before full-time schooling), and who are enrolled in a program(s) for a total of 600 hours or more per year.
The denominator is obtained by summing all children aged 4 or 5 years who reside in areas with a SEIFA IRSD quintile of 1 (based on Statistical Area 1, SA1) and who have a ‘Yes’ response against the child level data element ‘Early childhood education program enrolment indicator’ (representing enrolment in the year before full-time schooling).
See the ABS website for more information (Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia, 2011, ABS cat.