16.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kalkee · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kalkee
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Very few people in Kalkee report long-term health conditions compared to the rest of the country. While only 16.7% of residents live with a chronic illness, a striking 10.4% of the population still require help with their daily activities.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Chronic health issues are far less common here than in Victoria or Australia, with no one reporting a mental health condition. Arthritis is the most noted long-term condition at 10.4%, while 70.8% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Kalkee, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 10%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of chronic illness, the proportion of people needing help with daily activities is among the highest for similar areas. At 10.4%, this is well above the national figure of 5.8%.
10.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Kalkee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21285/kalkee/topic/health-disability