25.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Vermont · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Vermont
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Just 25.4% of people in Vermont have a long-term health condition, which is lower than most other similar areas. This makes the community slightly healthier than the state and national averages. Most residents report having no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.3% of people here, a figure a little below the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia. Among those with health issues, the most common are asthma at 8% and arthritis at 7.1%.
6.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Vermont, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.9% of residents need some help with daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
4.9% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Vermont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22627/vermont/topic/health-disability