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Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Burwood (Southern Metropolitan)

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

A growing number of people in Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) now need help with daily tasks, though overall health remains strong. Only 24.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is lower than most other areas across the country.

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📍 Burwood (Southern Metropolitan), State Electorate

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

24.8%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) — lower than 70% of areas.

Burwood (Southern Metropolitan)24.8%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health and asthma are the most common long-term conditions here. About 7.6% of people report a mental health condition, a figure slightly below the national average of 8.8%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Burwood (Southern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.

None 69.5% One condition 17.8% Two conditions 4.9% Three or more 2.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Other condition (19%) and Mental health (18%), with Asthma at 18%.

Other condition 8.2% Mental health 7.6% Asthma 7.5% Arthritis 6.7% Diabetes 3.6% Heart disease 3.4% Cancer 2.7% Lung condition 1.0% Dementia 1.0% Stroke 0.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Around 5.6% of residents need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. This proportion has risen by 1.0 percentage points since 2016.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.6% —

Lower than 52% 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 Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21706/burwood/topic/health-disability