31.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Glen Forbes · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Glen Forbes
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are among the highest at this level in Glen Forbes, with 14.4% of residents affected. This is part of a broader trend where 31.4% of the community lives with a long-term health condition, a figure well above the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 14.4%, followed closely by arthritis at 13.6%. While nearly 60% of people have no long-term health issues, the rate of those with a mental health condition is well above the 8.8% seen across Australia.
14.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Glen Forbes, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.2% of people in Glen Forbes need some help with daily activities. This is a little below the typical figure for both Victoria and Australia.
4.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Glen Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21008/glen-forbes/topic/health-disability