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Mount Best · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Mount Best

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

A striking 43.5% of people in Mount Best live with a long-term health condition. This is far above the national figure of 27.7%, marking it as one of the areas with the highest rates of long-term illness. Mental health and arthritis are the most common challenges for residents here.

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📍 Mount Best, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Best sits — People with a long-term health condition

43.5%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Best — higher than 94% of areas.

Mount Best43.5%
3960, VIC 39.6%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 26.1% of residents have a mental health condition, which is far above the 8.8% seen across Australia and Victoria. Arthritis is also common at 19.6%, while 34.8% of the population manage one long-term health condition.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Mount Best, None is the majority at 51%; One condition is next at 39%.

None 45.7% One condition 34.8% Two conditions 8.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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In Mount Best, the largest group is Mental health at 43%, followed by Arthritis (32%) and Other condition (14%).

Mental health 26.1% Arthritis 19.6% Other condition 8.7% Heart disease 6.5%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Despite the high rate of health conditions, 0.0% of people in Mount Best need help with daily activities. This is well below both the Victorian and national figures of around 5.8%.

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 Mount Best [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21774/mount-best/topic/health-disability