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Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Fewer people live with health struggles in Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury than in most similar areas. Only 4.5% of residents need help with daily activities, which is lower than the national figure. About 26.9% of the population reports a long-term health condition, a rate that sits around the middle for its level.

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📍 Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury sits — People with a long-term health condition

26.9%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury — lower than 58% of areas.

Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury26.9%
3126, VIC 27.4%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are less common here than in most areas, affecting 7.2% of people. For those with long-term health issues, the most frequent are other conditions, arthritis and asthma, though 68.2% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 21%.

None 68.2% One condition 19.8% Two conditions 4.7% Three or more 2.4%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury splits fairly evenly between Other condition (19%) and Arthritis (17%), with Asthma at 17%.

Other condition 8.7% Arthritis 7.6% Asthma 7.5% Mental health 7.2% Heart disease 4.3% Cancer 3.7% Diabetes 3.0% Dementia 1.3% Lung condition 1.0% Stroke 0.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

People needing assistance with daily activities make up 4.5% of the population, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 5.9%. This proportion has risen by 1.0 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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4.5% ▲ +28.6%

Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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 Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011155/surrey-hills-canterbury/topic/health-disability