20.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Beveridge · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Beveridge
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes have remained strong in Beveridge, where far fewer people report long-term illness compared to the rest of the country. Only 20.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A huge majority of residents have no long-term health issues, with 71.7% reporting none. Those who do struggle most often report asthma at 7.9% or mental health conditions at 6.4%, the latter of which is a little below the Victorian rate of 8.8%.
6.4%
Lower than 67% 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 Beveridge, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, with only 3% of people needing help with regular activities. This is a little below the Australian figure of 5.8%.
3.0% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Beveridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20233/beveridge/topic/health-disability