43.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Drik Drik · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Drik Drik
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far more people live with long-term health issues in Drik Drik than in most similar areas. While 43.5% of residents report a long-term condition, this is far above the Victorian figure of 27.4%. This high rate of illness is paired with a surprisingly low report of mental health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis and asthma are the most common long-term ailments, both affecting 19.6% of the population. However, no one in the area reported having a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%.
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 Drik Drik, None is the majority at 55%; One condition is next at 38%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Drik Drik reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia and much lower than most other similar areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 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 Drik Drik [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20787/drik-drik/topic/health-disability