Community Assessment of City of Parramatta

Running head: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT OF CITY OF PARRAMATTA
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Community demographics...................................................................................................2
Social determinants of health of Parramatta LGA...............................................................3
Educational status............................................................................................................3
Employment.....................................................................................................................4
Economic stability...........................................................................................................4
Access to healthcare........................................................................................................5
Social factor.....................................................................................................................5
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................6
References............................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Community assessment is a crucial process which helps to identify the strength,
weaknesses, needs, challenges, and assets of a specific community that helps the community
nursing professionals to prioritize the needs and developing an action plan to achieve them
(Alley et al., 2016). As per Jennings, Larson, and Yun (2016), assessment of community and its
assets help the community professionals to understand the current status of the community with
respect to their healthcare and social abilities. Further, with a detailed assessment, it helps to
identify the sections which require empowerment and providing them guidance and support
would help them to develop a sustainable and developed community in every aspect (Alley et al.,
2016).
The primary aim of this paper would be to analyze one such community of the Parramatta
council, New South Wales and then determining their social determinants of health so that the
strength and weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the community could be assessed. Further,
it would help to understand and recommend an action plan for the development of the
community.
Community demographics
The city of Parramatta is known as the central city of Sydney and the population of this
city is dynamic, diverse and fastest growing within the Australian territory. As per the national
consensus data, the total number of population of this Local Government Area (LGA) is 235,000
which 32,000 more than 2011 consensus and through the course of years the dwellings has also
increased by 11,000 to reach up to 86,000 (Cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au, 2019). The median age
of the community is 34 that makes it a young community that is active in work, and social values