43.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lower Moira · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lower Moira
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher proportion of people in Lower Moira live with long-term health issues compared to the rest of the state. While 43.3% of residents report a long-term health condition, the figure for Victoria is much lower at 27.4%. This creates a significant health gap between this area and the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 13.3% of the population. Asthma is the most reported long-term health issue at 26.7%, with 10.0% of residents living with arthritis.
13.3%
Higher than 88% 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 Lower Moira, the largest group is None at 48%, followed by One condition (30%) and Two conditions (12%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, no one in Lower Moira reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the Victorian figure of 5.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Lower Moira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21545/lower-moira/topic/health-disability