25.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Gowanbrae · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Gowanbrae
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Better health outcomes mark daily life in Gowanbrae, where fewer people live with long-term illness compared to the rest of the country. About 69% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 25.8% of people, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 6.6%, while asthma and arthritis are the most reported illnesses.
6.6%
Lower than 64% 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 Gowanbrae, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.1% of the population. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 5.9% and sits around the middle for similar areas.
4.1% ▲ +64.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Gowanbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21079/gowanbrae/topic/health-disability