23.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Harkness · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Harkness
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Harkness compared to most similar areas. Only 23.8% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the Victorian average of 27.4%. This suggests a generally healthier population across the suburb.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue at 9.1%, followed by mental health conditions at 8.6%. While mental health rates are about the same as the national figure, the overall rate of chronic illness remains well below the Australian average of 27.7%.
8.6%
Higher than 54% 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 Harkness, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.3% of people in Harkness need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the 5.8% recorded across Australia.
5.3% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Harkness [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21140/harkness/topic/health-disability