29.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ferny Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ferny Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About half of the residents in Ferny Creek report no long-term health issues, placing the area around the middle for its level compared to similar places. While most people are healthy, mental health conditions are more common here than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 29.8% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are reported by 9.4% of the population, a rate higher than most other areas.
9.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Ferny Creek, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.8% of the population, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 5.9%.
4.8% ▲ +79.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Ferny Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20918/ferny-creek/topic/health-disability