27.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mead · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mead
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health challenges are a notable part of daily life in Mead, where 11.8% of people report a long-term condition. This is much higher than most similar areas, though overall health patterns here closely track state and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While about 27.5% of people have a long-term health condition—similar to the Victorian average—mental health is the most common, affecting 11.8% of residents. Other frequent reports include asthma at 10.8% and arthritis at 7.8%.
11.8%
Higher than 81% 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 Mead, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 31%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.9% of people in Mead need some help with their daily activities, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
4.9% ▲ +137.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Mead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21633/mead/topic/health-disability