The Shire of Goomalling conducted one Focus Group as part of the development of the Age Friendly Community Plan. The Focus Group was designed and conducted in line with the Department for Communities Age Friendly Toolkit and the Wheatbelt Development Commissions Age Friendly Community Plan Guide. See Annex 3 for a copy of the Participant Information Form used to collect the data presented below.
Nine people attended the community focus group in the Shire of Goomalling. Of participants in attendance, 78% are female and 22% are male (refer to Figure 3).
Figure 3: Focus group respondent sex
Respondents range from below 54 to over 85 years of age. The largest proportion of participants range from between 65 to 74 years of age (refer to Figure 4).
Figure 4: Focus group respondent age
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