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Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan)

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

A significantly higher rate of mental health conditions sets Brunswick apart from the rest of the state. While 29.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition, the most striking figure is that 13.9% have a mental health condition, which is well above the national average.

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📍 Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) sits — People with a long-term health condition

29.8%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) — higher than 62% of areas.

Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan)29.8%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 13.9% of people, followed by asthma at 9.7%. Overall, the 29.8% of residents with a long-term health condition is a little above the Victoria and Australia figures.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.

None 64.3% One condition 22.1% Two conditions 5.7% Three or more 2.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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In Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan), the largest group is Mental health at 28%, followed by Asthma (20%) and Other condition (18%).

Mental health 13.9% Asthma 9.7% Other condition 8.9% Arthritis 6.0% Diabetes 3.4% Heart disease 2.5% Cancer 2.4% Lung condition 0.9% Stroke 0.7% Dementia 0.6%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.4% of people in Brunswick need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and has barely changed since 2016, when the figure was 4.9%.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.4% —

Lower than 56% 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 Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21303/brunswick/topic/health-disability