13.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Capels Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Capels Crossing
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A striking contrast defines health in Capels Crossing, where only 13% of people live with a long-term health condition. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, making it one of the healthiest areas of its kind in the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While long-term physical illness is rare, 13% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well above the 8.8% recorded for Victoria and Australia. Mental health is the most common reported condition here, followed by other conditions at 11.1% and diabetes at 9.3%.
13.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Capels Crossing, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.6% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Capels Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20477/capels-crossing/topic/health-disability