29.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lauriston · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lauriston
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Lauriston, affecting 11.3% of residents. Most people here live without a chronic health condition, though slightly more residents report long-term illness than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 29.1% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Mental health conditions affect 8.1% of the population, a rate about the same as the rest of the country.
8.1%
Higher than 50% 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 Lauriston, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.9% of the population, which is a little below the Victorian average of 5.9%.
4.9% ▲ +77.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 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 Lauriston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21474/lauriston/topic/health-disability