29.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Clarinda · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Clarinda
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in ten people in Clarinda need some help with daily activities, which is well above the national figure. This suggests a significant number of residents face daily challenges with their health and independence. While most people here report no long-term health issues, those who do often manage multiple conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 29.6% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. The most common issues are other specified conditions at 10.8% and arthritis at 10.1%, while 9.0% of people report a mental health condition.
9.0%
Higher than 58% 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 Clarinda, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily tasks is much more common here than in most similar areas. At 10.5%, the proportion of people requiring this support is well above the 5.9% seen across Victoria and the 5.8% national average.
10.5% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Clarinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20566/clarinda/topic/health-disability