18.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Box Hill · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Box Hill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 72% of residents in Box Hill report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area significantly healthier than most others, with far fewer people living with chronic illness compared to the rest of Victoria.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 18.9% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This includes a lower rate of mental health conditions at 6.5%, which is a little below the 8.8% seen across Australia.
6.5%
Lower than 65% 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 Box Hill, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the overall good health of the area, 5.8% of people need help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
5.8% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Box Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20314/box-hill/topic/health-disability