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Eildon (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Eildon (Northern Victoria)

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

More people in Eildon now report long-term health issues than in previous years. About 31.8% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This high rate of illness is driven largely by arthritis and mental health conditions.

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📍 Eildon (Northern Victoria), State Electorate

Where Eildon (Northern Victoria) sits — People with a long-term health condition

31.8%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Eildon (Northern Victoria) — higher than 73% of areas.

Eildon (Northern Victoria)31.8%
Rest of Vic. 33.3%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 11.3%, while mental health conditions affect 9.9% of residents. This level of mental health struggle is a little above the Victorian average of 8.8%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Eildon (Northern Victoria), None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 23%.

None 58.5% One condition 20.9% Two conditions 7.1% Three or more 3.8%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Eildon (Northern Victoria) splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (20%) and Mental health (18%), with Asthma at 16%.

Arthritis 11.3% Mental health 9.9% Asthma 9.1% Other condition 8.5% Heart disease 4.7% Diabetes 4.6% Cancer 3.7% Lung condition 2.3% Stroke 1.2% Dementia 0.7%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily help is needed by 5.7% of people, a figure that has risen by 0.8 percentage points since 2016. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.7% —

Higher 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 Eildon (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22404/eildon/topic/health-disability