29.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Altona Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Altona Meadows
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people need help with daily activities in Altona Meadows than in most other similar areas. While 62.5% of residents have no long-term health conditions, nearly 30% do, which is slightly above the national figure. Mental health conditions are more common here than in most other parts of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 29.7% of people have a long-term health condition, a little above the Victorian rate of 27.4%. Mental health conditions are reported by 9.5% of residents, which is higher than most other areas.
9.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Meadows, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 8.4% of people in Altona Meadows. This is much higher than most similar areas and is a little above the national figure of 5.8%.
8.4% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20036/altona-meadows/topic/health-disability