31.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lang Lang · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lang Lang
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well above the national figure, 31.1% of people in Lang Lang live with a long-term health condition. This gap is partly driven by a high rate of mental health conditions, which are much more common here than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 11% of residents, a figure a little above the Victorian and Australian rates. Other common long-term illnesses in the area include asthma at 11.9% and arthritis at 9.2%.
11.0%
Higher than 76% 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 Lang Lang, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.2% of people need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.2% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Lang Lang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21459/lang-lang/topic/health-disability