22.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lysterfield South · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lysterfield South
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 70.7% of people in Lysterfield South have no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most, with far fewer residents living with chronic illness or mental health struggles than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 22.1% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the 27.7% seen across Australia. Mental health conditions are also much less common here at 4.2%, compared to 8.8% nationally, while arthritis and asthma are the most reported issues.
4.2%
Lower 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 Lysterfield South, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by only 2.4% of people, a figure that is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia and lower than most other areas.
2.4% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Lysterfield South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21559/lysterfield-south/topic/health-disability