24.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yeo · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Yeo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health problems in Yeo than in the rest of the country. Only 24.2% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend is particularly visible in mental health, where rates are much lower than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 4% of people report a mental health condition, which is well below the 8.8% seen across Australia. Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue here at 9.7%, while the vast majority of residents—73.4%—have no long-term conditions at all.
4.0%
Lower than 79% 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 Yeo, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite generally better health, 8.9% of people in Yeo need help with daily activities. This is well above the national figure of 5.8% and higher than most similar areas.
8.9% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Yeo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22928/yeo/topic/health-disability