31.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Bruno · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Bruno
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than 31% of people in Mount Bruno live with a long-term health condition, a figure well above the national average. This suggests a higher need for health support in the area, though the reported rates of mental health conditions are remarkably low.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are common here, with arthritis (21.3%) and heart disease (12.8%) being the most frequent. While 31.9% of residents have a health condition—well above the Victorian figure of 27.4%—no one in the area reported a mental health condition.
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 Mount Bruno, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is more challenging for a larger slice of the population here than in most areas. Around 8.5% of people need help with daily activities, which is a little above the national figure of 5.8%.
8.5% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Mount Bruno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21776/mount-bruno/topic/health-disability