31.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Monegeetta · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Monegeetta
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health challenges have shifted in Monegeetta, where 31.9% of people now live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian average. The area sees a higher rate of illness than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 31.9% of residents have a long-term health condition, with asthma being the most common at 12.1%. Mental health conditions are also a little more common here than across Australia, affecting 10.1% of the population.
10.1%
Higher than 70% 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 Monegeetta, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living assistance is needed by 4.8% of people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 5.9% and about the same as the national figure.
4.8% ▲ +413.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Monegeetta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21728/monegeetta/topic/health-disability