19.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Balliang East · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Balliang East
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Balliang East than in most similar areas. Only 19.6% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a profile of a community with very low rates of chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are notably rare here at 3.5%, well below the 8.8% seen across Victoria. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all, while the most common conditions are other miscellaneous ailments and arthritis.
3.5%
Lower than 81% 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 Balliang East, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of chronic illness, 6.5% of people need help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the 5.8% seen across Australia.
6.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Balliang East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20116/balliang-east/topic/health-disability