29.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Skenes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Skenes Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Skenes Creek sits around the middle of similar areas for health and disability. About 29.7% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents report no long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition here at 11.2%. While 7.6% of people have a mental health condition, this is a little below the Victorian figure of 8.8%.
7.6%
Lower than 55% 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 Skenes Creek, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.2% of people need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.2% ▲ +47.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Skenes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22286/skenes-creek/topic/health-disability