26.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kergunyah · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kergunyah
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Just 2.2% of people in Kergunyah need help with daily activities, which is much lower than the rates seen across most other areas. This reflects a generally healthy population where the vast majority of residents report having no long-term health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 26.3% of residents, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Mental health is the most common condition at 7.8%, followed by arthritis at 7.3% and asthma at 6.5%.
7.8%
Lower than 54% 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 Kergunyah, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The 2.2% of people requiring assistance with daily tasks is well below the national figure of 5.8% and the Victorian rate of 5.9%.
2.2% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Kergunyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21330/kergunyah/topic/health-disability