24.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fairy Dell · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fairy Dell
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A remarkably low number of residents need help with daily tasks in Fairy Dell, where no one reported needing such assistance. While overall long-term health is better than the national figure, mental health challenges are notably more common here than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 24.7% of people, which is well below the Australian figure of 27.7%. However, mental health conditions are much more common than in most areas, affecting 11.8% of the population.
11.8%
Higher than 82% 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 Fairy Dell, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Fairy Dell reported needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages of around 5.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 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 Fairy Dell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20904/fairy-dell/topic/health-disability