26.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Seddon · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Seddon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A mental health condition affects 11.3% of people in Seddon, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this specific challenge is more common, the overall rate of long-term health issues is lower than in most other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 26.9% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. The most common reports are mental health at 11.3% and asthma at 9.5%.
11.3%
Higher than 78% 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 Seddon, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.3% of people in Seddon need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
4.3% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Seddon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22256/seddon/topic/health-disability