20.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dandenong · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dandenong
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people in Dandenong report long-term health conditions than in most other areas, with only 20.4% of residents affected. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%, though a higher proportion of the community requires daily assistance compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 20.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Victorian average of 27.4%. Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 7.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 8.8%.
7.2%
Lower than 59% 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 Dandenong, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
While overall health reports are low, 8.0% of people in Dandenong need help with daily activities. This is a little above the 5.8% seen across Australia and is much higher than in most similar areas.
8.0% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Dandenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20707/dandenong/topic/health-disability