20.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bowmans Forest · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bowmans Forest
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Bowmans Forest than in most similar areas. Only 20.8% of residents live with a long-term condition, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 15.1%, while 8.5% of people have a mental health condition, which is about the same as the national figure. Most residents report no health conditions at all.
8.5%
Higher than 54% 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 Bowmans Forest, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with daily activities, which is well below the 5.8% typical across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 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 Bowmans Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20312/bowmans-forest/topic/health-disability