22.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wood Wood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wood Wood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 22% of people in Wood Wood have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places. While some residents live with chronic illness, the majority of the population reports no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Diabetes is the most common long-term health condition here at 11%, followed by mental health at 8.8%. This mental health rate is about the same as the state and national figures. Overall, 61.5% of people have no long-term health conditions.
8.8%
Higher than 57% 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 Wood Wood, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.5% of people in Wood Wood need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.5% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Wood Wood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22832/wood-wood/topic/health-disability