16.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mepunga · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mepunga
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 16.7% of people in Mepunga report having a long-term health condition. This is far below the Victorian and national figures, which both sit around 27%. The area is sparsely populated and appears exceptionally healthy compared to most other regions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Almost 78% of residents have no long-term health conditions, and those with mental health conditions are much lower than most areas at 0.0%. Arthritis is the most common reported illness, affecting 8.3% of the population.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Mepunga, None is the majority at 85%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Mepunga reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the national figure of 5.8% and the state figure of 5.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 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 Mepunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21650/mepunga/topic/health-disability