23.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Illowa · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Illowa
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer than a quarter of people in Illowa live with a long-term health condition, which is much lower than most similar areas. This means the community is generally healthier than the state and national average. Most residents report having no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.4% of people have a long-term health condition, a figure well below the 27.7% national average. Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 7.2%, followed by asthma and arthritis.
7.2%
Lower than 59% 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 Illowa, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, with only 3.3% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below both the Victorian figure of 5.9% and the Australian average of 5.8%.
3.3% ▲ +190.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Illowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21228/illowa/topic/health-disability