25.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dawson · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dawson
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report health struggles in Dawson than the state average, with 25% of residents living with a long-term health condition. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 27.4%. Most residents are healthy, and very few require daily support.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma and arthritis are the most common long-term health issues here, affecting 15% and 12.5% of people respectively. Notably, the proportion of people with a mental health condition is well below the national figure of 8.8%, sitting at 0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Dawson, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Dawson reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.9% seen across Victoria and the 5.8% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Dawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20720/dawson/topic/health-disability