24.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wallacedale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wallacedale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 64.9% of people in Wallacedale have no long-term health conditions. While the area has fewer chronic health issues than most of the country, a strikingly high number of residents require daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 24.5% of people, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. The most common reports are arthritis and asthma, both at 8.5%, while 7.4% of residents live with a mental health condition.
7.4%
Lower than 57% 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 Wallacedale, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 10.6% of the population. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the Victorian figure of 5.9%.
10.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Wallacedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22657/wallacedale/topic/health-disability