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Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan)

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

About the same proportion of Bundoora residents live with long-term health conditions as the national average. While most people here are healthy, about 27.9% report a long-term health issue. This is very similar to the figures for Victoria and Australia.

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📍 Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), State Electorate

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

27.9%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) — lower than 51% of areas.

Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan)27.9%
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 8.7% of people. This is about the same as the national figure, followed closely by other conditions, arthritis, and asthma.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 20%.

None 65.9% One condition 19.1% Two conditions 5.9% Three or more 2.9%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (18%) and Other condition (18%), with Arthritis at 18%.

Mental health 8.7% Other condition 8.6% Arthritis 8.6% Asthma 8.0% Diabetes 5.0% Heart disease 3.9% Cancer 2.8% Lung condition 1.4% Stroke 0.9% Dementia 0.9%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

A higher than usual proportion of people in Bundoora need help with daily activities, at 6.6%. While this is slightly above the state and national figures, the need for assistance has fallen since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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6.6% ▼ -13.7%

Higher than 72% 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 Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21503/bundoora/topic/health-disability