37.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Eldorado · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Eldorado
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher share of people in Eldorado live with long-term health conditions compared to the state average. While 37.7% of residents report a chronic health issue, the national figure is much lower at 27.7%. This trend is largely driven by physical ailments rather than mental health.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma and arthritis are the most common long-term conditions here, affecting 12.3% and 11.5% of people respectively. While chronic health issues are well above the national figure, mental health conditions are reported by 8.1% of residents, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
8.1%
Higher than 50% 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 Eldorado, None is the majority at 59%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.2% of people in Eldorado need some help with their daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the Victorian figure of 5.9%.
5.2% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Eldorado [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20852/eldorado/topic/health-disability