31.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hazelwood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hazelwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Higher rates of long-term illness than most similar areas mark Hazelwood, where 31.7% of people live with a chronic health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health issues are particularly common here, with 11.6% of residents reporting a condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 11.6%, a figure a little above the 8.8% seen across Australia. Other frequent issues include arthritis at 9.5% and asthma at 8.5%, with 25.9% of people managing one long-term condition.
11.6%
Higher than 80% 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 Hazelwood, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is around the middle for its level. At 4.8%, this is a little below the Victorian rate of 5.9%.
4.8% ▲ +121.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Hazelwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21155/hazelwood/topic/health-disability