26.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Essendon North · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Essendon North
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Essendon North is marked by a population that is generally healthy, with 66.5% of residents reporting no long-term health conditions. While overall health is good, a higher than average 9.5% of people live with a mental health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 26.7% of people have a long-term health condition, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 9.5%, followed by arthritis at 8.2% and asthma at 7.2%.
9.5%
Higher than 63% 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 North, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.9% of residents need some help with daily activities, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
5.9% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20887/essendon-north/topic/health-disability