Moyne Health Services- Port Fairy Hospital
Moyne Health Services is located in Moyne Shire in the South West of Victoria. The Shire was created in 1994 and covers an area of approximately 5,500 square kilometres with a population of around 16,500.
The Moyne Shire has a higher percentage of people aged over 35 years of age than the Victorian average. In addition to this, the municipality of Moyne has a higher percentage of families with children less than fifteen years of age than Regional Victoria and Victoria as a whole. In Moyne, 92% of residents were Australian born and 95% of residents only speak English.
Moyne is characterised by its significant agricultural production, expansive tourism industry, thriving industry and an infrastructure of towns connected by an expansive road system.
The Moyne area is home to a wide range of services and industry, including health and community services, dairy products, fresh fish, pharmaceuticals, manufactured foods, seafood processing, quarrying (road materials and cut bluestone), transport and education centres.