47.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bromley · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bromley
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Among the highest in the region for health struggles, Bromley sees nearly half its residents living with a long-term condition. This creates a significant gap compared to the rest of the country, where the national figure is only 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 47.8% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is far above the Victorian figure of 27.4%. This includes asthma (19.6%) and arthritis (15.2%), while mental health conditions are also much more common than in most areas at 10.9%.
10.9%
Higher than 75% 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 →Bromley splits fairly evenly between None (33%) and One condition (30%), with Two conditions at 30%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 6.5% of the population, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Australian figure of 5.8%.
6.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Bromley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20350/bromley/topic/health-disability