22.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wildwood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wildwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Wildwood than in most other areas. Only 22.5% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a striking contrast with the number of people who need daily help.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, affecting only 4.5% of people. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most frequent at 11.1%, while half of all residents report having no health conditions at all.
4.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Wildwood, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of chronic illness, 7% of people in Wildwood need help with daily activities. This is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia, and much higher than in most similar areas.
7.0% ▲ +111.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 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 Wildwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22784/wildwood/topic/health-disability