20.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Laang · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Laang
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 67% of people in Laang report having no long-term health conditions. This is a healthy community where residents are much less likely to live with chronic illness or mental health issues than people in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 20% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Victorian figure of 27.4%. Mental health conditions are also much lower than most areas, affecting just 2.6% of the population.
2.6%
Lower than 85% 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 Laang, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is lower than most areas, with only 2.6% of people requiring assistance. This is well below the national figure of 5.8%.
2.6% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Laang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21418/laang/topic/health-disability