33.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yarra · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Yarra
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Yarra live with a long-term health condition, a rate well above the national figure. This suggests a significant portion of the local population manages ongoing health issues in their daily lives, particularly mental health challenges.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Health struggles are common here, with 33.3% of people reporting a long-term condition compared to 27.7% across Australia. This includes mental health conditions for 11.6% of residents, which is much higher than most similar areas.
11.6%
Higher than 80% 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 Yarra, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the higher rate of long-term illness, the 5.1% of people who need help with daily activities is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
5.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Yarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14486/yarra/topic/health-disability