26.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lockwood South · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lockwood South
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 64.5% of people in Lockwood South report having no long-term health conditions. This means the area has a lower rate of chronic illness than most similar places. Overall, health and disability levels here are generally in line with the rest of Victoria.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Roughly 26.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the state figure. Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 8.9%, followed by mental health conditions affecting 8.6% of people.
8.6%
Higher than 54% 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 Lockwood South, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.1% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
4.1% ▲ +47.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Lockwood South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21529/lockwood-south/topic/health-disability