22.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ballangeich · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ballangeich
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A lower rate of long-term illness defines Ballangeich compared to the rest of the country. Only 22.5% of people here live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents are healthy, with 69% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are much less common here than in most similar areas. This includes mental health conditions, which affect 5.6% of residents, well below the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia.
5.6%
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 Ballangeich, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.2% of people in Ballangeich need help with daily activities. This is a little below the state and national figures and is around the middle for similar areas.
4.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Ballangeich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20109/ballangeich/topic/health-disability