28.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Murraydale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Murraydale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A high rate of mental health challenges shapes the daily wellbeing of people in Murraydale. While long-term health conditions generally track with state levels, 15.2% of residents live with a mental health condition, which is well above the 8.8% figure for both Victoria and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 28.6% of the population, slightly above the Victorian average. Mental health is the most common issue at 15.2%, followed by asthma and diabetes at 8.6% each.
15.2%
Higher than 92% 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 Murraydale, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.8% of people in Murraydale need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little below the state average and about the same as the national rate.
4.8% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Murraydale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21844/murraydale/topic/health-disability