30.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Coburg · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Coburg
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are much more common in Coburg than in most other areas, with 12.7% of residents reporting this long-term struggle. This reflects a wider trend where roughly 30% of people in the area live with some form of chronic health issue. Overall, the community faces slightly higher health challenges than the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.2% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 27.4%. Most people have no long-term conditions, but for those who do, mental health is the most common report at 12.7%, followed by other conditions at 9.5% and asthma at 9.0%.
12.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Coburg, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A higher share of people in Coburg need help with daily activities compared to most other areas. At 6.9%, this is a little above the national figure of 5.8%.
6.9% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Coburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20596/coburg/topic/health-disability