37.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Golden Gully · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Golden Gully
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of nearly 10 percentage points separates Golden Gully from the national average for long-term health issues. Residents here face more health challenges than most people in Australia, with 37.6% living with a long-term condition. This high rate of illness is reflected in the local need for daily support.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are far more common here than in Victoria, including arthritis (13.6%) and mental health conditions (11.3%). While 58.7% of people have no long-term condition, those who do most often report just one, though 2.8% manage three or more.
11.3%
Higher than 78% 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 Golden Gully, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 29%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 7.0% of people in Golden Gully, which is a little above the Australian figure of 5.8%. This need for assistance is much higher than in most similar areas.
7.0% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Golden Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21055/golden-gully/topic/health-disability