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Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan)

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Fewer residents in Bentleigh live with long-term health issues than in most other areas. Only 24.5% of people report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a generally healthier population across the neighbourhood.

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📍 Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan) sits — People with a long-term health condition

24.5%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan) — lower than 71% of areas.

Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan)24.5%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, affecting 7.2% of people. Most residents have no long-term health issues at all, while 17.7% report living with one condition.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.

None 70.1% One condition 17.7% Two conditions 4.7% Three or more 2.0%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Other condition (19%) and Mental health (17%), with Asthma at 17%.

Other condition 7.6% Mental health 7.2% Asthma 7.1% Arthritis 6.5% Diabetes 4.0% Heart disease 3.5% Cancer 2.7% Lung condition 1.2% Stroke 0.7% Dementia 0.5%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 4.9% of people need help with daily activities, which is lower than most areas and barely changed from 2016. This figure is about the same as the Victorian and national averages.

People needing help with daily activities

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4.9% —

Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.

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 Bentleigh (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20906/bentleigh/topic/health-disability