PHIDU - Birthplace - Non-English Speaking Residents (PHN) 2016

This dataset, released August 2017, contains the Australian residents population by their birthplace divided into English speaking (ES) and non-English speaking (NES) countries, 2016.\n The following countries are designated as ES: Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States of America; the remaining countries are designated as NES. The dataset also includes the population people born overseas and report poor proficiency in English. The data is by Primary Health Network (PHN) 2017 geographic boundaries based on the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).\n\nThere are 31 PHNs set up by the Australian Government. Each network is controlled by a board of medical professionals and advised by a clinical council and community advisory committee. The boundaries of the PHNs closely align with the Local Hospital Networks where possible.\n\nFor more information please see the [data source notes](https://phidu.torrens.edu.au/current/data/sha-aust/notes/phidu_data_sources_notes.pdf) on the data. \n\nSource: Compiled by PHIDU based on the ABS Census of Population and Housing, August 2016.\n\n AURIN has spatially enabled the [original data](https://phidu.torrens.edu.au/social-health-atlases/data#social-health-atlas-of-australia-primary-health-networks). Data that was not shown/not applicable/not published/not available for the specific area ('#', '..', '^', 'np, 'n.a.', 'n.y.a.' in original PHIDU data) was removed.It has been replaced by by Blank cells. For other keys and abbreviations refer to [PHIDU Keys](https://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/s/1ryaKpnBQB6cMCp).