They lack access to basic services that can have a deleterious effect upon their health. These tables show the inequities that exist in terms of employment opportunities, access to sanitation, refuse removal and telephones within the CMA population. Weighted analysis of the 1995 October Household Survey. The level of living index, based on 1991 Census data, refers to the composite index of five indicators, namely income, education, unemployment, welfare and over- crowding. Table 5 gives the suburb with the highest and lowest rating of this index for each metropolitan local council.
Higher indices indicate poorer living conditions.
The following overcrowding statistics are based on the 1991 Census. The percentage of overcrowding per suburb is based on more than 1.5 persons per habitable room, including the lounge and dining room, but excluding the kitchen. Map 1 provides a spatial representation of the overcrowding index in 1991.