28.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dorodong · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dorodong
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher share of people need help with daily activities in Dorodong compared to the rest of the state. While 28.6% of residents live with a long-term health condition, the need for daily assistance is particularly acute, sitting at 19%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 28.6% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the Victorian figure. Diabetes is the most common issue at 23.8%, while 0.0% of residents reported a mental health condition, a figure well below the national average.
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 Dorodong, None is the majority at 67%; Two conditions is next at 33%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Nineteen per cent of people need help with daily tasks, which is far above the 5.9% seen across Victoria and among the highest figures for similar areas.
19.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 Dorodong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20780/dorodong/topic/health-disability