27.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Broughton · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Broughton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Zero people reported needing help with daily activities in Broughton, a figure well below the national average. While long-term health issues affect about 27.7% of the population, this is very similar to the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 27.7% of residents, with asthma, arthritis, cancer and heart disease being the most common. Notably, no one reported having a mental health condition, which is well below the 8.8% figure for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Broughton, None is the majority at 70%; Two conditions is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No residents in this area reported needing help with daily activities, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 5.8% national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 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 Broughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20355/broughton/topic/health-disability