Metung · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Metung

Name: Health & Disability in Metung — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

A striking 36.4% of people in Metung live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the Victorian and national figures, marking the area as having a much higher rate of chronic illness than most similar places.

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📍 Metung, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most common long-term ailment at 14.6%, while 9.4% of people have a mental health condition, which is higher than most areas. More than half of residents report no long-term health issues, but 4.8% live with three or more conditions.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Metung, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 25%.

None 55.5% One condition 23.4% Two conditions 8.6% Three or more 4.8%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Metung — Arthritis leads at 23%, ahead of Mental health (15%) and Other condition (13%).

Arthritis 14.6% Mental health 9.4% Other condition 8.6% Asthma 7.7% Heart disease 6.8% Cancer 6.2% Diabetes 5.9% Lung condition 3.3% Stroke 1.3% Dementia 0.5%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is 5.4%. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.

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 Metung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21673/metung/topic/health-disability

Where Metung sits — People with a long-term health condition