20.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Watchupga · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Watchupga
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Roughly 72% of people in Watchupga report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most, with long-term health issues appearing far less often than in the rest of Victoria and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 20.9% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Diabetes is the most common condition at 14%, while no one in the area reported a mental health condition.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Watchupga, None is the majority at 67%; Two conditions is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the general health of the area, 7% of people need some help with daily activities. This is a little above the Victorian rate of 5.9% and higher than most similar areas.
7.0% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Watchupga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22716/watchupga/topic/health-disability