29.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hoddles Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hoddles Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are more common in Hoddles Creek than in most similar areas. While 29.6% of people live with a long-term health condition, this is only a little above the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 9.5% of residents have a mental health condition, which is higher than most areas. Arthritis is the most common long-term illness at 11.4%, while 61.8% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.
9.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Hoddles Creek, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 5.6% of people, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the national rate of 5.8%.
5.6% ▲ +100.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Hoddles Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21196/hoddles-creek/topic/health-disability