30.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Serpentine · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Serpentine
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Roughly 30% of people in Serpentine live with a long-term health condition. This means nearly one in three residents manages a lasting health issue, a figure that is slightly higher than both the Victorian and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma and arthritis are the most common long-term conditions here, affecting 10.8% and 9.5% of people respectively. While 8.1% of residents report a mental health condition, this is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
8.1%
Higher than 50% 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 Serpentine, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is manageable for most, with 5.0% of people needing help with their day-to-day activities. This is about the same as the 5.9% found across Victoria.
5.0% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Serpentine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22261/serpentine/topic/health-disability