32.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Berrys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Berrys Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Living with a long-term health condition is more common in Berrys Creek than in most other areas. Around 32.8% of people deal with a chronic health issue, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. However, those with mental health conditions are much fewer here than in other parts of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 10.9%, though 55.7% of residents report having no long-term conditions at all. Mental health conditions are reported by only 3.4% of people, a figure well below the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia.
3.4%
Lower than 82% 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 Berrys Creek, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 1.7% of people in Berrys Creek need help with daily activities. This is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 5.8%.
1.7% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Berrys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20223/berrys-creek/topic/health-disability