36.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Katandra West · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Katandra West
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Katandra West live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure, meaning health struggles are much more common here than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 36% of residents have a long-term health condition, including 12% with mental health issues, which is well above the Victorian average. Arthritis and asthma are also common, affecting 10.2% and 9.8% of the population respectively.
12.0%
Higher than 83% 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 Katandra West, None is the majority at 61%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.9% of people need some help with daily activities. This is higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.9% ▲ +83.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Katandra West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21309/katandra-west/topic/health-disability