27.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Toolern Vale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Toolern Vale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life for many in Toolern Vale involves managing ongoing health needs, with 27.9% of people living with a long-term condition. This figure is about the same as the typical experience across Victoria and Australia. Most residents are healthy, but a small number deal with multiple health issues at once.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27.9% of people have a long-term health condition, which is similar to the national figure. The most common issues are other conditions at 9.5% and arthritis at 8.9%, while 7.9% of people live with a mental health condition.
7.9%
Lower than 52% 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 Toolern Vale, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A higher share of people in Toolern Vale need help with daily activities compared to most other areas. This rate is 6.7%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.7% ▲ +136.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Toolern Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22537/toolern-vale/topic/health-disability