21.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Gooramadda · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Gooramadda
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of long-term illness than most similar areas define Gooramadda. Only 21% of residents live with a chronic health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
No one in the area reported a mental health condition, and 58.1% of residents have no long-term health issues at all. Among those with conditions, asthma is most common at 9.7%, followed by arthritis at 6.5%.
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 Gooramadda, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low illness rates, 8.1% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 5.9% and much higher than most similar areas.
8.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Gooramadda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21067/gooramadda/topic/health-disability