32.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Towong Upper · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Towong Upper
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than three in ten people in Towong Upper live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the Victorian figure of 27.4%, with mental health and arthritis being among the most common issues reported by residents.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 32.4% of people have a long-term health condition, which is higher than most areas. Mental health conditions are particularly common here at 10.8%, a figure a little above the national average of 8.8%.
10.8%
Higher than 75% 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 Towong Upper, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 38%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in this area reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Towong Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22564/towong-upper/topic/health-disability