34.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Creightons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Creightons Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much higher share of people in Creightons Creek live with long-term health conditions compared to the rest of the state. While 34.6% of residents deal with a lasting health issue, the typical figure for Victoria is 27.4%. This represents a significant gap in health outcomes for the local area.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 9.9% of people, followed by cancer at 8.0%. Interestingly, those with mental health conditions make up 6.8% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 8.8%.
6.8%
Lower than 63% 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 Creightons Creek, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 32%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.9% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
4.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Creightons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20669/creightons-creek/topic/health-disability