24.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mepunga West · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mepunga West
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report health struggles in Mepunga West compared to most other areas. Only 24.1% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term illness at 18.1%, while 6.0% of people have a mental health condition. This is a little below the national figure of 8.8%. Around 59% of the population reports having no long-term health conditions at all.
6.0%
Lower than 70% 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 West, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reported needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21652/mepunga-west/topic/health-disability