23.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wallace · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wallace
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Wallace than the state or national average. Only 23.3% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the 27.7% figure for Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue here at 7.9%, while 6.2% of people have a mental health condition. This last figure is a little below the national average of 8.8%.
6.2%
Lower than 68% 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 Wallace, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.8% of residents need help with daily activities. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 5.9% and is around the middle for similar areas.
4.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Wallace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22656/wallace/topic/health-disability