25.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dandenong North · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dandenong North
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people than usual in Dandenong North need help with daily tasks, despite the area having a lower rate of long-term health conditions. Around 8% of residents require assistance in their everyday lives, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are less common here than in most areas, with 25.6% of people reporting one. Mental health conditions are also a little below the national figure of 8.8%, and 65.7% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 North, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A much higher proportion of people in Dandenong North need help with daily activities compared to most similar areas. At 8.0%, this is a little above the 5.9% seen across Victoria.
8.0% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20708/dandenong-north/topic/health-disability