37.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Smeaton · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Smeaton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health needs have shifted in Smeaton, where 37.6% of people now live with a long-term health condition. This is far above the Victorian figure of 27.4%, making it a place with much higher health challenges than most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 17.1%, followed by asthma at 10.6%. While mental health conditions affect 10.2% of residents—which is a little above the national figure—over half the population reports having no long-term health issues.
10.2%
Higher than 70% 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 Smeaton, None is the majority at 59%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Smeaton require help with daily activities, at just 1.2%. This is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia and is much lower than in most other areas.
1.2% ▼ -81.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Smeaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22293/smeaton/topic/health-disability