29.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sandy Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Sandy Creek, affecting 12% of the population. While most people here live without a chronic health problem, more residents struggle with mental health compared to the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 29% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are reported by 10.5% of residents, a figure higher than most other areas.
10.5%
Higher than 73% 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 Sandy Creek, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, with only 1.5% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below the Victorian average of 5.9%.
1.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Sandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22235/sandy-creek/topic/health-disability