24.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Glenroy
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people in Glenroy report long-term health conditions compared to most similar areas. While 24.6% of residents live with a long-term condition, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%. However, a higher proportion of the community requires daily support to manage their lives.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 24.6% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the Victorian average. Mental health is the most common reported condition at 8.4%, which is about the same as the figure for Australia.
8.4%
Higher than 52% 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 Glenroy, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help is more common here than in most areas, with 8.0% of people requiring assistance with daily activities. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
8.0% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21047/glenroy/topic/health-disability