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Collingwood · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Collingwood

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

A much higher rate of mental health conditions than the national average shapes the health profile of Collingwood. While 13% of residents live with a mental health condition, the overall proportion of people with any long-term health issue is actually a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

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📍 Collingwood, Suburb / Locality

Where Collingwood sits — People with a long-term health condition

25.9%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Collingwood — lower than 65% of areas.

Collingwood25.9%
3066, VIC 25.9%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 13% of people, which is well above the national figure of 8.8%. Other common conditions include asthma at 9.7% and arthritis at 3.8%, though 65.1% of residents report having no long-term health conditions.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Collingwood, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 65.1% One condition 19.8% Two conditions 4.7% Three or more 1.5%

Long-term health conditions reported

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In Collingwood, the largest group is Mental health at 32%, followed by Asthma (23%) and Other condition (19%).

Mental health 13.0% Asthma 9.7% Other condition 7.7% Arthritis 3.8% Diabetes 2.3% Cancer 1.7% Heart disease 1.6% Lung condition 0.8% Stroke 0.4% Dementia 0.3%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily life is manageable for most, with 3.9% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia and sits around the middle for similar areas.

People needing help with daily activities

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3.9% ▼ -5.7%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Collingwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20616/collingwood/topic/health-disability