30.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Evelyn · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Evelyn
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About as many people live with health issues in Mount Evelyn as in similar areas. While most residents are healthy, 10.2% of the community lives with a mental health condition, which is higher than most other areas across the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.4% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Asthma is the most common long-term ailment at 10.3%, followed closely by mental health conditions at 10.2%.
10.2%
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 Mount Evelyn, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is reported by 5.1% of residents, which is about the same as the 5.8% seen across Australia.
5.1% ▲ +64.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Evelyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21795/mount-evelyn/topic/health-disability