26.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Essendon · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Essendon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer than 27% of people in Essendon report having a long-term health condition. This is lower than most similar areas, with 67.5% of the population reporting no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 26.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 27.4%. Asthma is the most common reported condition at 8.4%, while mental health conditions affect 8.1% of the population.
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 Essendon, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 4.7% of people in Essendon. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
4.7% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Essendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20885/essendon/topic/health-disability