50.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Molesworth · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Molesworth
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over half of all people in Molesworth have a long-term health condition. This is far above the Victorian and national figures, which both sit around 27%. Such high rates of illness are a defining feature of the area's health profile.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Heart disease (16.5%) and arthritis (15.4%) are the most common long-term health issues here. Mental health conditions affect 11% of the population, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
11.0%
Higher than 76% 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 Molesworth, the largest group is None at 44%, followed by One condition (32%) and Two conditions (20%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is much higher here than in most similar areas. About 11% of people require this assistance, which is well above the national figure of 5.8%.
11.0% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Molesworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21721/molesworth/topic/health-disability