21.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Patchewollock · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Patchewollock
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower rate of long-term illness marks Patchewollock, where only 21.5% of people report a chronic health condition. This is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia, suggesting a healthier-than-average population. Most residents live without any long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 10.7%, while mental health affects 7.4% of people, which is a little below the national figure. In total, 61.1% of the community reports having no long-term health conditions at all.
7.4%
Lower 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 Patchewollock, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.0% of people in Patchewollock need some help with their daily activities. This is a little below the 5.9% seen across Victoria and the 5.8% national average.
4.0% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Patchewollock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22045/patchewollock/topic/health-disability