28.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Barkers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Barkers Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are the most common long-term health issue in Barkers Creek, affecting 11.1% of residents. While overall health levels are similar to the rest of the state, this particular struggle is much more common here than in most other similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 28.1% of people have a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the national figure. Mental health is the most reported issue at 11.1%, followed by arthritis at 9.4% and asthma at 6.4%.
11.1%
Higher than 77% 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 Barkers Creek, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, with only 3.9% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.9% recorded for Victoria.
3.9% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Barkers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20141/barkers-creek/topic/health-disability