15.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Carina · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Carina
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health challenges are a primary concern in Carina, where 23.1% of people live with such a condition. This is a striking contrast to the rest of the area, where long-term health issues are far less common than in other parts of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While only 15.4% of residents have a long-term health condition—far below the Victorian figure of 27.4%—mental health issues are far above the national average at 23.1%. For those with conditions, 19.2% have three or more health issues.
23.1%
Higher than 99% 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 Carina, None is the majority at 80%; Three or more is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with daily activities, which is well below both the Victorian and Australian figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 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 Carina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20490/carina/topic/health-disability