35.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Heywood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Heywood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Heywood live with a long-term health condition, a rate well above the national figure. This creates a higher demand for health support across the community, as people deal with a wide range of chronic illnesses and mental health challenges.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues affect 35.4% of residents, which is much higher than most areas. Arthritis is the most common condition at 13.8%, while mental health conditions affect 11.1% of the population, a figure slightly above the Victorian average.
11.1%
Higher than 77% 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 Heywood, None is the majority at 59%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is more common here than in most other areas, with 8.5% of people requiring assistance. This is a little above the 5.8% seen across Australia.
8.5% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Heywood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21181/heywood/topic/health-disability