30.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brunswick · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brunswick
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are more common in Brunswick than in most similar areas, with 15.1% of residents reporting one. This contributes to a broader trend where 30.7% of people live with a long-term health condition, a figure well above the Victorian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 15.1% of people have a mental health condition, which is well above the national figure of 8.8%. Other common long-term conditions include asthma at 9.8% and arthritis at 5.6%, though 63.8% of residents report having no long-term health issues.
15.1%
Higher than 92% 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 Brunswick, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.1% of people in Brunswick need some help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.1% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Brunswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20361/brunswick/topic/health-disability