23.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sunshine · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sunshine
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health problems in Sunshine than in most other areas. Only 23.3% of residents have a chronic condition, which is well below the 27.4% seen across Victoria.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition at 7.4%, while 7.3% of people have a mental health condition. This mental health figure is a little below the national average of 8.8%.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Sunshine, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the lower rate of chronic illness, 7.2% of people in Sunshine need help with daily activities. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 5.8%.
7.2% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Sunshine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22395/sunshine/topic/health-disability