27.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wheelers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wheelers Hill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than seven in every ten people in Wheelers Hill live without a long-term health condition. While overall health levels are similar to the rest of the country, a notably high number of residents require daily assistance to get by.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the 6.1% of people with a mental health condition is lower than most other areas and sits a little below the Victorian average.
6.1%
Lower than 69% 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 Wheelers Hill, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is more challenging for some here than in most other areas, with 7.3% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
7.3% ▲ +63.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Wheelers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22766/wheelers-hill/topic/health-disability