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Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan)

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

Fewer residents in Bulleen live with long-term health conditions compared to most similar areas. While 25.5% of people report a chronic health issue, the area stands out for having a much lower rate of mental health conditions than other communities.

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📍 Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

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

25.5%

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

Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan)25.5%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Only 6.0% of people report a mental health condition, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 8.8%. Most residents are healthy, with 69.2% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.

None 69.2% One condition 17.7% Two conditions 5.2% Three or more 2.6%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Other condition (19%) and Arthritis (18%), with Asthma at 14%.

Other condition 8.2% Arthritis 8.1% Asthma 6.0% Mental health 6.0% Diabetes 5.0% Heart disease 4.3% Cancer 3.2% Dementia 1.3% Lung condition 1.1% Stroke 1.1%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

A higher proportion of people need help with daily activities here than in most other areas. This figure rose by 1.4 percentage points since 2016 to reach 7.0%, which is a little above the national rate of 5.8%.

People needing help with daily activities

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7.0% —

Higher than 78% 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 Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21401/bulleen/topic/health-disability