29.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ringwood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ringwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A slightly higher share of people in Ringwood live with long-term health issues compared to the national average. About 29.8% of residents have a long-term condition, with mental health issues being more common here than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma and mental health are the most common long-term conditions, both affecting 10.5% of the population. While 70.2% of residents have no long-term health conditions, 10.5% live with a mental health condition, which is a little above the Australian figure of 8.8%.
10.5%
Higher than 73% 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 Ringwood, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.3% of people in Ringwood need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
5.3% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Ringwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32431/ringwood/topic/health-disability