38.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Boorool · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Boorool
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much higher rates of long-term health issues than most similar areas mark Boorool, where 38.9% of people live with a chronic condition. This is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While many face health challenges, the area has very few people requiring daily support.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 16.7% of residents. While 38.9% of people have a health issue, half of the population reports no long-term conditions at all, and 7.4% live with a mental health condition, which is a little below the Victorian average.
7.4%
Lower than 57% 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 Boorool, None is the majority at 59%; One condition is next at 33%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Boorool reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the national figure of 5.8% and is much lower than most other similar areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Boorool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20299/boorool/topic/health-disability