23.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pastoria East · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than half of the people in Pastoria East report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most others, with only 23.5% of residents living with a chronic illness.
Long-term conditions people report.
While long-term health issues are well below the national figure, mental health conditions are a little above the Australian average at 9.8%. Arthritis is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 11.8% of the population.
23.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
9.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Pastoria East, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 23%.
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the Victorian and Australian figures, which both sit around 5.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Pastoria East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22044/pastoria-east/topic/health-disability