26.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Weerite · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Weerite
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Lower rates of chronic illness make Weerite a healthier place than most similar areas. Only 26.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, and an impressive 66.1% of the population reports having no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in other areas, at just 5.0%, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. The most frequent long-term conditions reported are diabetes at 7.4% and heart disease at 6.6%.
5.0%
Lower than 75% 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 Weerite, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Weerite reported needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% figure is well below both the Victorian and Australian averages of around 5.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Weerite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22738/weerite/topic/health-disability