26.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Heathmere · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Heathmere
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much higher rates of mental health conditions than most similar areas mark the health profile of Heathmere. While the overall percentage of people with a long-term health condition is 26.9%, which is about the same as the national figure, mental health is a more prominent issue here.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 10.9% of people in Heathmere, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 8.8%. Other common long-term conditions include arthritis at 7.6% and asthma at 6.7%.
10.9%
Higher than 75% 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 Heathmere, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.9% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
5.9% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Heathmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21164/heathmere/topic/health-disability