32.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bruthen · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bruthen
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well over 32% of people in Bruthen live with a long-term health condition, which is far higher than the national figure of 27.7%. This gap highlights a community facing significantly more health challenges than the typical Australian town.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are common here, with 32.8% of residents affected, well above the Victorian average of 27.4%. Mental health conditions are a little more frequent than in the rest of the state and country at 10.5%, while asthma and arthritis also affect around 10% of the population.
10.5%
Higher than 72% 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 Bruthen, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.0% of people need help with their daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
6.0% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Bruthen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20364/bruthen/topic/health-disability