28.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brunswick East · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brunswick East
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A mental health rate of 15% is well above the national figure for Brunswick East. While most residents are healthy, this particular challenge is much more common here than in other similar areas. This stands out against a relatively low need for daily physical assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 15.0% of people, which is well above the 8.8% seen across Australia. Overall, 28.9% of residents have a long-term health condition, a figure slightly above the Victorian average of 27.4%.
15.0%
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 East, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.7% of people in Brunswick East need help with daily activities. This is lower than most other areas and sits a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
3.7% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Brunswick East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20362/brunswick-east/topic/health-disability