13.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dreeite · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dreeite
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 13% of people in Dreeite report a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a remarkably healthy population, although a small number of residents still require significant support for daily tasks.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Far fewer people here live with chronic illness than in the rest of Victoria or Australia. Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 13%, while 77.9% of residents report having no long-term health issues at all.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Dreeite, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of chronic illness, the 7.8% of people needing help with daily activities is much higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the national figure.
7.8% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Dreeite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20784/dreeite/topic/health-disability