41.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mirranatwa · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mirranatwa
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far more people in Mirranatwa live with a long-term health condition than in most other areas, with 41.9% of the population affected. This is a striking gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%. While chronic illness is common here, there are very few reports of mental health issues or daily disability.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma, arthritis, and cancer are the most common long-term illnesses, with asthma affecting 25.8% of residents. Interestingly, 0.0% of people reported a mental health condition, which is well below the Victorian average of 8.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Mirranatwa, None is the majority at 65%; Two conditions is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is managed independently by almost everyone here, with 0.0% of people needing help with daily activities. This is much lower than the 5.8% reported across Australia.
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 Mirranatwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21705/mirranatwa/topic/health-disability