Examples of SEIFA in a sentence
Socio-economic Index funding (SEIFA - if applicable for this centre/service) will be provided to support kindergarten fees for children in the kindergarten-age cohort (this subsidy is not available for younger children or children who are kindergarten-age and attend additional days to the prescribed 600 hours per year).
As such, 2011 SEIFA data will be used to determine the weighted score for the CCCF priority areas in the first funding round as this is the most recent SEIFA data at this point in time.
High disadvantage is indicated by a low SEIFA score (and low disadvantage by a high score).
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016, Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia, 2016, ‘Postal Area, Indexes, SEIFA 2016 ’, data cube: Excel spreadsheet, cat.
For each index, every geographic area in Australia is given a SEIFA number which shows how disadvantaged that area is compared with other areas in Australia.