25.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Highlands · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Highlands
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health needs have remained low in Highlands since 2011, with the area now reporting few chronic illnesses. Only 25.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is lower than most other areas across the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 15.9%, while mental health conditions affect 8.6% of people. This mental health figure is about the same as the national rate, and over half of all residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.6%
Higher than 55% 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 Highlands, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Highlands reported needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21186/highlands/topic/health-disability