33.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fryerstown · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fryerstown
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A health gap of nearly 6 percentage points separates Fryerstown from the rest of the country, where long-term health conditions are far more common. Roughly 33.6% of people here live with a chronic health issue, a figure well above the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 12.9%, followed by mental health issues which affect 10.3% of residents. This is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 8.8%.
10.3%
Higher than 71% 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 Fryerstown, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little more people in Fryerstown need help with daily activities than in other parts of Australia. About 6.9% of residents require this support, which is a little above the state figure of 5.9%.
6.9% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Fryerstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20955/fryerstown/topic/health-disability