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Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Brighton (Southern Metropolitan)

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

Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Brighton compared to most similar areas. Only 25.3% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Brighton (Southern Metropolitan), State Electorate

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

25.3%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) — lower than 66% of areas.

Brighton (Southern Metropolitan)25.3%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 7.4% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the Victorian average of 8.8%. The most common long-term health issues reported here are other conditions, mental health, asthma, and arthritis.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Brighton (Southern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.

None 68.2% One condition 18.3% Two conditions 4.9% Three or more 2.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Other condition (18%) and Mental health (17%), with Asthma at 17%.

Other condition 7.6% Mental health 7.4% Asthma 7.2% Arthritis 7.0% Heart disease 3.8% Cancer 3.5% Diabetes 2.7% Lung condition 1.2% Dementia 1.0% Stroke 0.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 4.3% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national 5.8%. This rate has barely changed since 2016, when it was 3.9%.

People needing help with daily activities

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4.3% —

Lower than 79% 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 Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21106/brighton/topic/health-disability