25.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Goon Nure · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 4.4% of people in Goon Nure report a mental health condition, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area one of the healthiest in the region, with a lower rate of long-term illness and disability than most other Australian places.
Long-term conditions people report.
About 25.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 27.4%. Arthritis (9.5%) and heart disease (8.0%) are the most common issues, while over half of the population reports having no long-term conditions at all.
25.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
4.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Goon Nure, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is low here, affecting 2.9% of people. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
2.9% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Goon Nure [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21064/goon-nure/topic/health-disability