30.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Torwood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Torwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far more people need help with daily activities in Torwood than in most similar areas. While the typical resident is healthy, about 30.6% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the Victorian figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are more common here than in the rest of the state, with asthma (16.3%) and cancer (10.2%) being the most reported. However, mental health conditions affect 6.1% of people, which is a little below the national figure.
6.1%
Lower than 69% 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 Torwood, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily tasks is very common in Torwood. At 14.3%, this figure is well above both the Victorian and Australian averages of around 6%.
14.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Torwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22554/torwood/topic/health-disability