26.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tuerong · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tuerong
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A very small number of people require daily help in Tuerong, making it a healthier place than many other areas. Only 2% of residents need assistance with daily activities, which is well below the national figure of 5.8%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 26.6% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average. The most common reports are asthma at 7.8% and arthritis at 7.6%, while 58.8% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
7.6%
Lower than 56% 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 Tuerong, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily tasks is much less common here than in most similar areas. At 2.0%, this rate is well below the 5.9% seen across Victoria.
2.0% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Tuerong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22584/tuerong/topic/health-disability