36.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Carngham · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Carngham
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Carngham, where 15.2% of residents live with the condition. This area faces significant health challenges, with a much higher proportion of people living with long-term conditions compared to the rest of the state and country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A long-term health condition affects 36.3% of residents, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also much more common here than across Australia, affecting 14.0% of the population.
14.0%
Higher than 90% 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 Carngham, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.1% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for Australia and the 5.9% seen across Victoria.
4.1% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Carngham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20499/carngham/topic/health-disability