35.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Drouin · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Drouin
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health is the most commonly reported long-term condition in Drouin, where 12.7% of people live with such a condition. Overall, Drouin has a much higher rate of long-term health issues than most other areas, with 35.2% of residents managing a lasting health problem.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health (12.7%), arthritis (11.6%), and asthma (10.5%) are the most common conditions here. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, and 5% of residents live with three or more long-term health conditions.
12.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Drouin, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little more people in Drouin need help with daily activities compared to the rest of the country. The rate is 7.5%, which is a little above both the Victorian (5.9%) and Australian (5.8%) figures.
7.5% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Drouin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20790/drouin/topic/health-disability