31.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brown Hill · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brown Hill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health issues are the most common long-term health challenge in Brown Hill, where 12.1% of residents report such a condition. This is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia, reflecting a broader trend where 31.7% of the local population lives with some form of long-term health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
People with long-term health conditions are more common here than in most areas, at 31.7%. Mental health is the leading issue at 12.1%, followed by asthma at 10.5% and arthritis at 9.2%.
12.1%
Higher than 84% 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 Brown Hill, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.7% of residents need help with daily activities, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
5.7% ▲ +54.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Brown Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20356/brown-hill/topic/health-disability