26.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Shepparton East · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Shepparton East
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer than one in four people in Shepparton East live with a long-term health condition, which is lower than most similar areas. This suggests a healthier-than-average population, with 64.9% of residents reporting no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 6% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 8.8%. Among those with long-term illness, arthritis (8.6%) and asthma (7.0%) are the most common reports.
6.0%
Lower than 69% 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 Shepparton East, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.7% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas and is a little below the national average of 5.8%.
4.7% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Shepparton East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22276/shepparton-east/topic/health-disability