24.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ripponlea · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ripponlea
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health conditions in Ripponlea than in most other areas. Only 24.1% of residents report a chronic health issue, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. However, a higher proportion of the community lives with mental health challenges compared to the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While general health is strong, 10.8% of people report a mental health condition, which is a little above the Victorian and Australian figures of 8.8%. Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, followed by asthma at 8.6%.
10.8%
Higher than 75% 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 Ripponlea, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.7% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the state average of 5.9% and the national figure of 5.8%.
2.7% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Ripponlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22179/ripponlea/topic/health-disability