23.5%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hume · Council (LGA)
Health & Disability in Hume
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 69% of people in Hume report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area far healthier than most, with a much lower rate of chronic illness compared to both Victoria and the rest of Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also a little lower than the state and national averages at 7%.
7.0%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) 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 Hume, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 6.9% of people, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the Australian average of 5.8% and has risen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
6.9% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23270/hume/topic/health-disability