We have developed a suite of tools and resources to support health service planning and service delivery that is safe, high quality, and culturally responsive to the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities. The resources enable equity-first lens to decision making, investment and monitoring, which is critical to improving their health outcomes.
Why did we develop these resources?
The NSW Cancer Plan aims to bring together key stakeholders across the NSW health system and community to work together to reduce the burden of cancers in NSW.
Cancer affects multicultural communities differently
The NSW Cancer Plan acknowledges that some multicultural (or CALD – culturally and linguistically diverse) communities:
- have a higher incidence of cancer
- have a higher prevalence of cancer-related risk factors (e.g. smoking)
- are less likely to use screening or cancer support services, so they may experience poorer outcomes during and after cancer treatment
- vary in their knowledge, awareness and beliefs about cancer, its causes and treatments.
Planning is essential for effective and sustainable service delivery and engagement of CALD communities to improve their cancer outcomes.
These resources act as a system enabling tool to assist people undertaking multicultural planning in government and other organisations.
Multicultural Demographic Data Explorer
The following dashboards provides access to granular information on multicultural communities including birthplace, ancestry, language spoken at home, and indigenous status for local health districts, local government areas, and for suburb levels (SA2).
Have feedback on our dashboard?
Please email us at CINSW-ReportingAndIntelligenceDashboardsEnquiries@health.nsw.gov.au with any feedback on the multicultural demographic data explorer.
Access the resources
Multicultural demographics data explorer: Birthplace profiles
The birthplace profiles show 45 countries and the characteristics (age, location, year of arrival and proficiency in English) of the NSW residents born in those countries (countries of birth).
These are the largest groups with a birthplace outside Australia, including every birthplace with more than 10,000 people counted in NSW.
Multicultural demographics data explorer: Language profiles
The language profiles analyse the characteristics (age, location, and proficiency in English) of 39 language groups in NSW other than English.
Each profiled language group has more than 9,000 people residing in NSW who speak that particular language.
Multicultural demographics data explorer: NSW local health districts
The local health districts report provides a comprehensive overview into the rich diversity of multicultural communities residing within the NSW catchment areas.
Multicultural demographics data explorer: NSW population summary profiles
The summary profiles provide an overview of the multicultural population in NSW.
Multicultural demographics data explorer: Guidance and notes on multicultural source data
Use this report to access notes on the source data and get support with referencing.
The Cancer Institute NSW has developed a directory of multilingual resources relating to cancer prevention, screening, and treatment. The directory is a one-stop-shop to support service providers and consumers access reliable up-to-date information, and is available in over 38 languages. The resources are available on multimedia formats such as audio, video, web and print, and can be easily downloadable. Please contact cinsw-multicultural@health.nsw.gov.au if you need more information.
