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Aspendale Gardens - Waterways · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Aspendale Gardens - Waterways

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

Nearly 5% of people in Aspendale Gardens - Waterways now need help with daily activities, a figure that has risen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011. Despite this increase, the area remains healthier than most, with fewer people reporting long-term health or mental health conditions compared to the rest of Australia.

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📍 Aspendale Gardens - Waterways, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Aspendale Gardens - Waterways sits — People with a long-term health condition

24.6%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Aspendale Gardens - Waterways — lower than 73% of areas.

Aspendale Gardens - Waterways24.6%
3195, VIC 26.2%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Only 24.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also much less common here than in most areas, affecting just 6.1% of the population.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Aspendale Gardens - Waterways, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.

None 70.9% One condition 17.8% Two conditions 4.7% Three or more 2.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Aspendale Gardens - Waterways splits fairly evenly between Other condition (19%) and Asthma (18%), with Arthritis at 16%.

Other condition 7.7% Asthma 7.5% Arthritis 6.7% Mental health 6.1% Diabetes 4.7% Heart disease 3.4% Cancer 2.8% Lung condition 1.1% Stroke 0.9% Dementia 0.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily assistance is needed by 4.7% of people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 5.9%. This represents a rise from 2011, when only 2.8% of the population required such help.

People needing help with daily activities

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4.7% ▲ +66.0%

Lower than 65% 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 Aspendale Gardens - Waterways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208031183/aspendale-gardens-waterways/topic/health-disability