40.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bungeet West · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bungeet West
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health patterns have shifted since 2011, with Bungeet West now seeing a very high number of long-term health conditions. About 40.9% of people live with a chronic health issue, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This high rate of illness stands in contrast to the very few people who actually need help with daily activities.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are far more common here than in most areas, with 40.9% of people affected. While 6.8% of the population has a mental health condition, this is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 8.8%.
6.8%
Lower than 62% 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 Bungeet West, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Hardly anyone in Bungeet West needs help with daily activities, with 0.0% reporting a need. This is well below the 5.8% recorded across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Bungeet West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20406/bungeet-west/topic/health-disability