29.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Caldermeade · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Caldermeade
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people in Caldermeade need daily help compared to the rest of the country. While about 29.3% of residents live with a long-term health condition, only 2.2% of the community requires assistance with their everyday activities.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 29.3% of residents, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Arthritis is the most common issue at 11%, followed by diabetes at 8.8%.
8.3%
Higher than 52% 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 Caldermeade, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.2% of people here need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the Victorian average of 5.9% and the Australian figure of 5.8%.
2.2% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Caldermeade [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20443/caldermeade/topic/health-disability