26.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pascoe Vale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Pascoe Vale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report long-term health issues in Pascoe Vale compared to most other areas, with 67.2% of residents having no long-term conditions. While overall health is relatively strong, a slightly higher share of people need help with their daily activities than in other similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A little fewer people have a long-term health condition here (26.1%) than the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health and asthma are the most common issues, each affecting around 8% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
8.8%
Higher than 57% 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 Pascoe Vale, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 6.4% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is only about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Pascoe Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22041/pascoe-vale/topic/health-disability