23.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Woodend North · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Woodend North
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people deal with chronic illness in Woodend North compared to most other areas. Just 23.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a healthy population where most people live without ongoing medical struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are a little less common here than in Victoria, affecting 7% of people. Arthritis is the most frequent long-term condition at 11.1%, while 67.6% of residents report having no long-term health issues at all.
7.0%
Lower than 61% 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 Woodend North, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily tasks is lower than in most areas. Only 3.8% of people require such assistance, which is a little below the 5.8% recorded across Australia.
3.8% ▲ +32.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Woodend North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22834/woodend-north/topic/health-disability