42.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wombat Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wombat Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far more people live with long-term health issues in Wombat Creek than in most other areas, with 42.3% of residents reporting a condition. This figure is far above the national average of 27.7%. While health challenges are common, very few people here require daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are particularly common, affecting 23.1% of residents—a rate far above the 8.8% seen across Australia. Diabetes is also reported by 15.4% of the population, and most of those with health issues have only one condition.
23.1%
Higher 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 Wombat Creek, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, no one in the area reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the Victorian figure of 5.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Wombat Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22821/wombat-creek/topic/health-disability