32.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Shelbourne · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Shelbourne
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Shelbourne, where 12.5% of residents live with the condition. This area faces a higher burden of illness than most other similar places, with long-term health conditions affecting 32.2% of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The rate of long-term health conditions is well above the Victorian figure of 27.4%. While 62.4% of people report no conditions, about 9.2% live with a mental health condition, which is about the same as the national average.
9.2%
Higher than 61% 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 Shelbourne, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.5% of the population. This is a little below the Australian figure of 5.8% and sits around the middle for similar areas.
4.5% ▲ +98.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Shelbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22271/shelbourne/topic/health-disability