24.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Matheson · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Matheson
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes have remained notably positive in Matheson, with few residents reporting long-term illness. Only 24% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A little fewer people report mental health conditions (6%) compared to the state average of 8%. While diabetes and heart disease are the most common long-term health issues here, over half of all residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
6.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality 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 Matheson, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Matheson reported needing help with daily activities. This is much lower than most other areas and well below the state and national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Matheson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12531/matheson/topic/health-disability