40.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mitre · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mitre
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher share of people in Mitre live with long-term health conditions compared to the rest of the state. About 40.9% of residents have a lasting health issue, which is 13 percentage points above the Victorian and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are particularly common here, affecting 15.2% of people—well above the national figure of 8.8%. Asthma is the most reported long-term condition at 18.2%, followed by arthritis at 13.6%.
15.2%
Higher than 92% 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 Mitre, None is the majority at 58%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, 0.0% of people in Mitre need help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.9% seen across Victoria.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 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 Mitre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21710/mitre/topic/health-disability