31.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Flowerdale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Flowerdale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people live with long-term health issues in Flowerdale than in most similar areas. About 31.5% of residents have a chronic health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This includes a notably high rate of mental health conditions affecting 11.8% of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 11.8%, followed by arthritis at 11.1% and asthma at 9.6%. These rates are a little above the Victoria and Australia figures of 8.8%. Over half the population reports no long-term health issues.
11.8%
Higher than 81% 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 Flowerdale, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.6% of people in Flowerdale need help with their daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the 5.8% seen across Australia.
6.6% ▲ +57.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Flowerdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20932/flowerdale/topic/health-disability