11.5%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fairbank · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fairbank
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 11.5% of people in Fairbank have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the healthiest areas at this level, with very few residents reporting chronic illness or mental health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are far less common here than in Victoria, with 67.3% of people reporting no conditions at all. Among those who do, arthritis is the most frequent at 9.6%, followed by diabetes at 5.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Fairbank, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Fairbank reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% national figure and the Victorian average of 5.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Fairbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20900/fairbank/topic/health-disability