20.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Toolong · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Toolong
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 70% of people in Toolong report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with far fewer residents living with chronic illness or mental health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 20.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Victorian figure of 27.4%. This includes mental health conditions, reported by 5.7% of residents—significantly lower than the national rate of 8.8%.
5.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Toolong, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of chronic illness, 8.0% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little above the 5.9% seen across Victoria and is much higher than in most similar areas.
8.0% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Toolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22541/toolong/topic/health-disability