23.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mepunga East · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mepunga East
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower rate of long-term health issues than the national average defines Mepunga East. Only 23.3% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the 27.7% figure for Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are also less common here at 5.5%, well below the state and national figures of 8.8%. Asthma is the most reported long-term condition at 11%, while 58.9% of people report having no health conditions at all.
5.5%
Lower than 73% 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 East, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Virtually no one in Mepunga East needs help with daily activities, at 0.0%. This is well below the 5.8% of Australians who require such assistance.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Mepunga East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21651/mepunga-east/topic/health-disability