40.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Indented Head · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Indented Head
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much higher rates of long-term illness than most similar areas define Indented Head. About 40% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is far above the 27.7% national figure. This means roughly four in ten people here manage a lasting health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term ailment at 14.2%, while 10.4% of people have a mental health condition. This mental health figure is a little above the 8.8% recorded for both Victoria and Australia.
10.4%
Higher than 71% 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 Indented Head, None is the majority at 56%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.3% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
6.3% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Indented Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21229/indented-head/topic/health-disability