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Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell

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

A far lower rate of chronic illness marks Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.2% of people here report a long-term health condition, which is 18 percentage points below the national figure. This reflects a very healthy population across the board.

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📍 Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell sits — People with a long-term health condition

10.2%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell — lower than 99% of areas.

Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell10.2%
3024, VIC 21.2%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Only 2.2% of residents have a mental health condition, a figure well below the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia. Most people here have no long-term health issues at all, while asthma is the most common condition reported at 4.3%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell, None is the majority at 89%; One condition is next at 9%.

None 82.2% One condition 8.4% Two conditions 1.2% Three or more 0.6%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell splits fairly evenly between Asthma (27%) and Other condition (22%), with Diabetes at 17%.

Asthma 4.3% Other condition 3.6% Diabetes 2.8% Mental health 2.2% Arthritis 1.6% Heart disease 0.7% Cancer 0.5% Lung condition 0.3% Stroke 0.2% Dementia 0.0%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Very few people in this area need help with daily activities, at just 1.9%. This is well below the 5.9% reported for Victoria and the 5.8% national average.

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 Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051582/tarneit-mount-cottrell/topic/health-disability