51.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Navarre · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Navarre
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over half of the people in Navarre live with a long-term health condition, a figure far above the national average. This creates a significant health burden for the area, where both chronic physical illness and mental health challenges are much more common than in the rest of Victoria.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 51.5% of residents, which is far above the 27.7% national figure. Arthritis is the most common ailment at 21.2%, and 20.2% of people report a mental health condition, a rate far above the Victorian average of 8.8%.
20.2%
Higher 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 Navarre, the largest group is None at 44%, followed by One condition (33%) and Three or more (13%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is more challenging here than in most areas, with 14.1% of people needing assistance with core activities. This is well above the 5.8% seen across Australia.
14.1% ▲ +275.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 Navarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21902/navarre/topic/health-disability