17.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Broadwater
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 65% of people in Broadwater report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with very few residents requiring daily assistance or managing chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 17.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.4%. Mental health conditions are also well below the national average at just 5.3%.
5.3%
Lower than 74% 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 Broadwater, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Broadwater reported needing help with their daily activities. This 0.0% rate is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20347/broadwater/topic/health-disability