47.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kingower · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kingower
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates Kingower from the national average for long-term health issues. Nearly half of the people here live with a chronic condition, which is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 47.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, including 23.9% with mental health issues—a figure far above the 8.8% seen across Australia. While 30.4% of people report no conditions, 13% of the population live with three or more.
23.9%
Higher 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 Kingower, the largest group is None at 47%, followed by One condition (23%) and Three or more (20%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is well above the state and national figures, with 10.9% of people in Kingower requiring assistance. This is about double the 5.9% recorded across Victoria.
10.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Kingower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21361/kingower/topic/health-disability