24.4%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Carnegie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Health & Disability in Carnegie
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health conditions in Carnegie than in most other areas. Only 24.4% of residents have a chronic health issue, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area noticeably healthier than the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The most common long-term health issues are mental health (8.6%) and other conditions (8.1%), while asthma affects 7.4% of people. Mental health reports are about the same as the national average, but overall, 70% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
8.6%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Carnegie, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for most here, with 4.8% of people needing help with daily activities. This is lower than most other areas and a little below the Victorian average of 5.9%, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
4.8% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Carnegie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021176/carnegie/topic/health-disability