27.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wool Wool · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wool Wool
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Almost no one in Wool Wool reports a mental health condition, a stark contrast to the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia. While most residents are healthy, about 27.3% of the population lives with a long-term health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue here at 18.2%, followed by arthritis at 10.9%. While 60% of people have no long-term conditions, 7.3% of residents manage three or more.
0.0%
Lower 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 Wool Wool, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.5% of people in Wool Wool need some help with their daily activities, which is higher than most similar areas, though it sits about the same as the state and national figures.
5.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 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 Wool Wool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22847/wool-wool/topic/health-disability