28.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Altona · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Altona
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Altona sits around the middle of similar areas for overall health, though a slightly higher proportion of people need daily help. About 28.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 8.7%, followed closely by arthritis at 8.5% and asthma at 8.4%. These figures are about the same as the state and national averages.
8.7%
Higher than 56% 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 Altona, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 6.1% of the population, a rate that is higher than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.1% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Altona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20035/altona/topic/health-disability