22.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Aberfeldie · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Aberfeldie
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health struggles in Aberfeldie compared to most other areas. Only 22.6% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than the average Australian.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Chronic health issues are much less common here, with 70.9% of people reporting no long-term conditions at all. This includes a mental health rate of 5.7%, which is well below the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia.
5.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Aberfeldie, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people who need help with daily activities is 4.1%. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8% and sits around the middle for similar areas.
4.1% ▲ +39.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Aberfeldie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20003/aberfeldie/topic/health-disability