29.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cross Roads · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 30% of people in Cross Roads live with a long-term health condition. This is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia, with asthma and diabetes being the most common issues reported.
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 11.1% of residents. Overall, 70.4% of people report having no long-term health conditions, while 11.1% live with three or more.
29.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
11.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Cross Roads, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the community reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the state and national figures, where typically around 6% of people require such support.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Cross Roads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20677/cross-roads/topic/health-disability