24.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pental Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Pental Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Two-thirds of people in Pental Island report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area healthier than most, with far fewer residents living with chronic illness or mental health struggles compared to national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 24.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are especially rare here at 3.8%, a figure well below the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia.
3.8%
Lower than 80% 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 Pental Island, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, with only 3.8% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
3.8% ▲ —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Pental Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22057/pental-island/topic/health-disability