35.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Myall · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Myall
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A high rate of chronic illness marks Myall, where 35.7% of people live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, though few residents report needing daily help or living with mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Chronic health issues are common here, with heart disease (11.2%) and arthritis (9.2%) being the most frequent. While long-term conditions are much more common than in most areas, 0.0% of people reported a mental health condition, which is well below the Victorian figure of 8.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Myall, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Myall require support for daily tasks. At 0.0%, the proportion of people needing help with daily activities is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Myall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21855/myall/topic/health-disability