18.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tarcombe · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes have remained very positive in Tarcombe, where far fewer people report long-term health issues compared to most other areas. Only 18.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Long-term conditions people report.
Reporting of mental health conditions is much lower than most areas at 0.0%, well below the Victorian average of 8.8%. Among those with long-term health issues, cancer, diabetes and heart disease are most common, each affecting 12.5% of residents.
18.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Tarcombe, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 22%.
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easy for almost everyone here, as 0.0% of people need assistance with daily activities. This is well below the Australian figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Tarcombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22448/tarcombe/topic/health-disability