25.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Burnett · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Burnett
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health challenges have become more prominent in Mount Burnett, where 12.2% of people now report such a condition. This is well above the national figure of 8.8%, though overall long-term health issues are slightly lower than the state average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While only 25.6% of residents live with a long-term health condition—a little below the Victorian average—mental health issues are much more common than in most areas. Arthritis is also frequent at 11.1%, and 56.7% of the population report having no long-term health conditions at all.
12.2%
Higher than 85% 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 Burnett, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.0% of people in Mount Burnett need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
5.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Mount Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21779/mount-burnett/topic/health-disability