38.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yea · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Yea
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher share of people in Yea live with long-term health conditions compared to the rest of the state. About 38.8% of residents manage a chronic illness, which is 11 percentage points above the Victorian and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 15.8%, followed by asthma at 11.5%. Mental health conditions are also a little more common here than across Australia, affecting 10.8% of people.
10.8%
Higher than 75% 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 Yea, None is the majority at 57%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.8% of people in Yea need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 5.8%.
6.8% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22924/yea/topic/health-disability