26.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Metcalfe · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Metcalfe
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower need for daily help defines Metcalfe, where only 1.6% of people require assistance with everyday tasks. This figure is well below the 5.8% national average. While most residents are healthy, a higher than average proportion of the community lives with a mental health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 26.8% of people have a long-term health condition, which is lower than in most similar areas. Mental health is the most common reported condition at 9.5%, a figure that is higher than in most other areas.
9.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Metcalfe, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Metcalfe need help with daily activities. At 1.6%, this is well below the Victorian figure of 5.9% and the national average of 5.8%.
1.6% ▼ -59.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Metcalfe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21671/metcalfe/topic/health-disability