24.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Malvern East · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Malvern East
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Malvern East than the national figure. Only 24.4% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is well below the Australian average of 27.7%. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 7.2% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 8.8%. The most common long-term health issues reported are other conditions (8.0%) and asthma (7.3%).
7.2%
Lower than 59% 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 Malvern East, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is a little less common here than in the rest of the country, with 4.7% of people requiring assistance compared to the Australian figure of 5.8%.
4.7% ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Malvern East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21587/malvern-east/topic/health-disability