25.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wonga Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wonga Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Better-than-average health outcomes define daily life in Wonga Park, where only 25.2% of people live with a long-term health condition. This is lower than most similar areas, with a high 68.5% of residents reporting no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are less common here at 6.2%, which is a little below the 8.8% figure for both Victoria and Australia. For those with long-term illnesses, the most frequent reports are 'other' conditions (8.1%), asthma (7.3%), and arthritis (7.1%).
6.2%
Lower than 68% 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 Wonga Park, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Wonga Park need help with daily tasks. Only 2.9% of residents require this assistance, a figure that is a little below the national and state averages of around 5.8% to 5.9%.
2.9% ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Wonga Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22825/wonga-park/topic/health-disability