25.5%
Lower than 58% of capital city areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Greater Melbourne · Capital City
Health & Disability in Greater Melbourne
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Roughly 67.5% of people in Greater Melbourne report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the region slightly healthier than the national average, as fewer people live with chronic illness or mental health challenges. Most residents are relatively well, with only about 2.4% managing three or more conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 25.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health is the most common condition at 8.1%, followed closely by asthma at 7.9%.
8.1%
Lower than 60% of capital city areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Greater Melbourne, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.5% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages. This need for assistance has barely changed since 2016, when it sat at 4.9%.
5.5% —
Higher than 56% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Greater Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/2GMEL/greater-melbourne/topic/health-disability