30.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Taggerty · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Taggerty
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Taggerty, affecting 10.1% of the population. The area faces a higher burden of illness than most other similar places, with 30.9% of residents living with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.9% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well above the Victorian figure of 27.4%. While most residents have no long-term conditions, 9.6% live with a mental health issue, a rate slightly higher than the national average.
9.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Taggerty, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living assistance is needed by 6.2% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the 5.8% national figure.
6.2% ▲ +69.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Taggerty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22419/taggerty/topic/health-disability