35.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Elphinstone · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Elphinstone
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well above the state and national figures, 35.4% of people in Mount Elphinstone live with a long-term health condition. This high rate of illness is most visible in the mental health figures, which are much higher than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 13.4% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well above the national figure of 8.8%. Other common long-term health issues include asthma at 15.9% and arthritis at 12.2%.
13.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Mount Elphinstone, None is the majority at 56%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, 0.0% of people here need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Mount Elphinstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51010/mount-elphinstone/topic/health-disability