23.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lovely Banks · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lovely Banks
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Lovely Banks than in most similar areas. Only 23.3% of residents report a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a notably healthier place compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are also less common here at 6.8%, a little below the Victorian and national figures. Most residents have no long-term health issues, while the most reported conditions are other health problems (8%) and asthma (7%).
6.8%
Lower than 63% 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 Lovely Banks, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the lower rate of long-term illness, 6.0% of people in Lovely Banks need help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the state and national figures.
6.0% ▲ +73.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Lovely Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21544/lovely-banks/topic/health-disability