14.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rossbridge · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rossbridge
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Rossbridge than in most similar areas. Only 14.8% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. However, a strikingly high number of people still require help with their daily activities.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are not reported here, and the 14.8% of people with long-term health issues is far below the Victorian average of 27.4%. Most of these residents have just one condition, with other conditions and arthritis being the most common.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Rossbridge, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of reported illness, 22.2% of people in Rossbridge need help with daily activities. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is far above the Australian figure of 5.8%.
22.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 Rossbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22204/rossbridge/topic/health-disability