33.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Walloon · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Walloon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much higher rates of long-term illness than most similar areas define Walloon, where 33.9% of people live with a health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health issues are particularly prominent, contributing significantly to the local health burden.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 12.8% of residents, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 8.8% national average. Other common struggles include arthritis at 11.4% and asthma at 10.2%.
12.8%
Higher than 87% 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 Walloon, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.8% of people in Walloon need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 5.8%.
6.8% ▲ +52.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 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 Walloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32968/walloon/topic/health-disability