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Miners Rest · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Miners Rest

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

A higher share of people than most areas live with a mental health condition in Miners Rest. While 29.6% of the population has a long-term health condition, this is only slightly above the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.

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📍 Miners Rest, Suburb / Locality

Where Miners Rest sits — People with a long-term health condition

29.6%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Miners Rest — higher than 54% of areas.

Miners Rest29.6%
3352, VIC 28.9%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions affect 10.4% of people here, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 8.8%. Other common long-term conditions include asthma at 11.4% and arthritis at 6.7%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Miners Rest, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 23%.

None 65.1% One condition 21.5% Two conditions 6.2% Three or more 2.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Miners Rest splits fairly evenly between Asthma (24%) and Mental health (22%), with Other condition at 16%.

Asthma 11.4% Mental health 10.4% Other condition 7.5% Arthritis 6.7% Diabetes 3.9% Heart disease 2.9% Cancer 2.7% Lung condition 1.2% Stroke 0.8% Dementia 0.2%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.0% of people in Miners Rest need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% seen across Australia.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.0% ▲ +97.1%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Miners Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21691/miners-rest/topic/health-disability