37.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Wallace · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Wallace
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A high number of long-term health issues shape daily life in Mount Wallace, where 37.6% of people live with a chronic condition. This is far above the Victorian figure of 27.4%, marking it as an area with much higher health needs than most other similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are particularly common here, affecting 13.7% of residents, which is well above the national rate of 8.8%. Other frequent long-term issues include asthma and cancer, though nearly half of the population reports having no long-term health conditions at all.
13.7%
Higher than 89% 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 Wallace, None is the majority at 57%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, only 5.1% of people need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 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 Wallace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21815/mount-wallace/topic/health-disability