15.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Derrimut · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Derrimut
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Derrimut than in most similar areas. Only 15.8% of the population reports a long-term condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area stand out as significantly healthier than both the state and the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much lower than most areas at 3.6%, well below the Victorian figure of 8.8%. Most people here have no long-term health conditions at all, while asthma and other general conditions are the most common reports.
3.6%
Lower than 81% 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 Derrimut, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.1% of people in Derrimut need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and sits a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
4.1% ▲ +77.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Derrimut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20743/derrimut/topic/health-disability