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Gladstone Park - Westmeadows · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Gladstone Park - Westmeadows

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

More people need daily help in Gladstone Park - Westmeadows than in most similar areas. While roughly 29.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, the need for assistance with daily tasks is notably higher than across the rest of the country.

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📍 Gladstone Park - Westmeadows, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Gladstone Park - Westmeadows sits — People with a long-term health condition

29.5%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Gladstone Park - Westmeadows — higher than 59% of areas.

Gladstone Park - Westmeadows29.5%
3049, VIC 28.9%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 29.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. The most common issues are arthritis at 10% and other conditions at 8.9%, while mental health conditions affect 8% of residents, a rate lower than most areas.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Gladstone Park - Westmeadows, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.

None 63.0% One condition 19.1% Two conditions 6.7% Three or more 3.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Gladstone Park - Westmeadows splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (19%) and Other condition (17%), with Asthma at 16%.

Arthritis 10.0% Other condition 8.9% Asthma 8.4% Mental health 8.0% Diabetes 6.3% Heart disease 4.8% Cancer 3.1% Lung condition 1.8% Dementia 1.1% Stroke 1.0%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is 8.2%, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little above the Victorian average of 5.9%.

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8.2% ▲ +41.2%

Higher than 87% 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 Gladstone Park - Westmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210051245/gladstone-park-westmeadows/topic/health-disability