23.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Howes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Howes Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Howes Creek than in most similar areas. Only 23.9% of residents have a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a generally healthy population across the community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The number of people with a mental health condition is 6.0%, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 8.8%. Most residents report no long-term health conditions at all, while 10.4% have an 'other' condition and 9.0% have cancer.
6.0%
Lower than 70% 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 Howes Creek, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.5% of people need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 5.8%.
4.5% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Howes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21209/howes-creek/topic/health-disability