3.8%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fulham · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fulham
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people in Fulham report living with long-term health issues than in most other Australian areas. Only 3.8% of the population has a long-term health condition, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Very few residents have a mental health condition (1.1%), which is well below the Victorian average of 8.8%. Of those with health issues, the most common are arthritis at 1.4% and other conditions at 1.3%.
1.1%
Lower than 94% 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 Fulham, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is much lower here than in most similar areas. Only 0.4% of people require such assistance, which is well below the national figure of 5.8%.
0.4% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Fulham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20956/fulham/topic/health-disability