29.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Prospect
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Zero people in Mount Prospect reported needing help with daily activities, making it an exceptionally independent community. While this lack of disability is striking, about 29.3% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 7.3% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis and stroke are the most common, with 7.3% of the population reporting each.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Prospect, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area needs assistance with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21808/mount-prospect/topic/health-disability