24.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Elsternwick · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Elsternwick
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people in Elsternwick report long-term health issues compared to the rest of the country. Only 24.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a generally healthier population than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are the most common long-term issue here at 8.3%, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Other frequent reports include asthma at 7.4% and arthritis at 6.4%, while 69.9% of people have no long-term health conditions at all.
8.3%
Higher than 52% 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 Elsternwick, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.2% of residents need help with daily activities. This is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
4.2% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Elsternwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20864/elsternwick/topic/health-disability