26.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kingsbury · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kingsbury
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Kingsbury is marked by a higher-than-usual need for support, with 7.2% of people requiring help with everyday activities. While the typical resident is healthy, a small but significant group faces ongoing health challenges that affect their routine.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 26.5% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is lower than most areas and similar to the Victorian figure of 27.4%. Mental health is the most common long-term condition reported at 9.0%, followed by other conditions at 8.3% and arthritis at 8.0%.
9.0%
Higher than 58% 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 Kingsbury, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The 7.2% of residents who need help with daily activities is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above both the Victorian figure of 5.9% and the national figure of 5.8%.
7.2% ▲ +53.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Kingsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21363/kingsbury/topic/health-disability