Table 3: Divisions with highest/lowest informality in 2004 and 2001

State

Division

Total informal % 2001

Total informal % 2004

Socioeconomic index a

Geographical classification

Division with lowest informality levels in 2004

Vic.

Higgins

2.68

2.76

High

Inner Metropolitan

NSW

New England

1.97

2.77

Lower

Rural

Vic.

Bendigo

3.72

2.87

Low

Provincial

Vic.

Indi

5.22

2.88

Lower Middle

Rural

Vic.

Kooyong

2.57

2.90

High

Inner Metropolitan

Vic.

Corangamite

3.38

3.04

Upper Middle

Rural

Vic.

Deakin

2.56

3.06

High

Outer Metropolitan

Tas.

Denison

2.91

3.10

Upper

Inner Metropolitan

Vic.

Melbourne

3.77

3.27

Lower Middle

Inner Metropolitan

Vic.

Ballarat

2.88

3.34

High

Provincial

Divisions with highest informality levels in 2004 b

NSW

Werriwa

8.51

7.98

Lower Middle

Outer Metropolitan

NSW

Kingsford Smith

6.14

8.43

High

Inner Metropolitan

NSW

Parramatta

6.21

8.53

High

Inner Metropolitan

NSW

Watson

7.52

9.10

Lower

Inner Metropolitan

NSW

Fowler

12.75

9.11

Low

Outer Metropolitan

NSW

Prospect

8.99

9.24

Lower Middle

Outer Metropolitan

NSW

Chifley

9.20

10.10

Low

Outer Metropolitan

NSW

Blaxland

9.78

10.70

Lower Middle

Inner Metropolitan

NSW

Reid

11.08

11.71

Lower Middle

Inner Metropolitan

NSW

Greenway

6.79

11.83

Upper Middle

Outer Metropolitan