25.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kinglake West · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kinglake West
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 60% of people in Kinglake West report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area slightly healthier than both the state and national averages, with only 25.7% of residents living with a chronic health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 9%, which is about the same as the national figure. Other frequent conditions include asthma at 8.9% and arthritis at 8.5%.
9.0%
Higher than 59% 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 Kinglake West, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4% of people here need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
4.0% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Kinglake West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21360/kinglake-west/topic/health-disability