31.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Launching Place · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Launching Place
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A higher share of people in Launching Place live with long-term health conditions compared to the rest of the state. About 31.6% of residents report a lasting health issue, which is well above the Victorian figure of 27.4%. This is most visible in mental health, where the local rate is much higher than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 11.2%, followed by asthma at 9.9% and arthritis at 9.3%. While 60.7% of people report no long-term health issues, the overall rate of these conditions is well above the national figure.
11.2%
Higher than 78% 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 Launching Place, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.9% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
4.9% ▲ +73.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Launching Place [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21473/launching-place/topic/health-disability