26.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hillside · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hillside
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report long-term health issues in Hillside than in most other areas. About 26.2% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 8.3%, followed by asthma at 7.6% and arthritis at 6.6%. Most residents (71.0%) report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.3%
Higher than 52% 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 Hillside, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance needs are around the middle for similar areas, with 5.2% of people requiring help. This is about the same as the 5.9% seen across Victoria and the 5.8% national figure.
5.2% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Hillside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21192/hillside/topic/health-disability