27.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Barongarook · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Barongarook
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About the same as most similar areas, Barongarook sees 27.9% of its residents living with a long-term health condition. This is very close to the Victorian figure of 27.4% and the national average of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are more common here than in most areas, affecting 9.2% of people. Other frequent long-term conditions include asthma at 9% and arthritis at 7.9%.
9.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Barongarook, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5% of residents need some help with their daily activities, which is about the same as the 5.9% seen across Victoria.
5.0% ▲ +44.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Barongarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20149/barongarook/topic/health-disability