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Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan)

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

Fewer residents live with long-term health issues in Box Hill compared to most similar areas. Only 24.5% of people here report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than the Australian average.

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📍 Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) sits — People with a long-term health condition

24.5%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) — lower than 71% of areas.

Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan)24.5%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions affect 7.3% of the population, which is a little below the 8.8% seen across Victoria. Most people here have no long-term health issues, while those who do most often report other conditions, mental health, or asthma.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.

None 69.5% One condition 17.6% Two conditions 4.7% Three or more 2.2%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Other condition (20%) and Mental health (17%), with Asthma at 17%.

Other condition 8.3% Mental health 7.3% Asthma 6.9% Arthritis 6.7% Diabetes 3.8% Heart disease 3.7% Cancer 2.8% Lung condition 0.9% Dementia 0.8% Stroke 0.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.3% of people in Box Hill need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 5.8%. This need for assistance has barely changed since 2016, when it stood at 4.7%.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.3% —

Lower than 58% 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 Box Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21001/box-hill/topic/health-disability