30.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Killarney · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Killarney
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people deal with long-term health issues in Killarney than in most similar areas. While 30.8% of residents live with a chronic condition, the rate of mental health conditions is much lower than the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.8% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well above the Victorian figure of 27.4%. Asthma is the most common, affecting 12.8% of the population, while mental health conditions are well below the national average at 5.1%.
5.1%
Lower than 74% 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 Killarney, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 4.6% of residents, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 5.8%.
4.6% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Killarney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21348/killarney/topic/health-disability