27.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Neerim · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Neerim
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people in Neerim need help with daily activities compared to the rest of the country. While about 27.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, this matches the state and national figures. The area also sees a lower rate of mental health conditions than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.9% of people here, which is a little below the 8.8% seen across Australia. For those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 8.7%, followed by asthma at 7.8%.
6.9%
Lower than 62% 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 Neerim, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 1.4% of people in Neerim need help with daily tasks, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 5.9%.
1.4% ▼ -59.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Neerim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21907/neerim/topic/health-disability