25.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Gerrigerrup · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Gerrigerrup
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people struggle with chronic illness in Gerrigerrup than in most other areas. Only 25.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue here, affecting 29% of the population. Very few people reported mental health conditions, a figure that is well below the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Gerrigerrup, the largest group is None at 50%, followed by One condition (27%) and Two conditions (23%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is relatively independent for most residents, with 0.0% needing help with daily activities. This is well below the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Gerrigerrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20988/gerrigerrup/topic/health-disability