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Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan)

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

Much higher rates of long-term illness than most similar areas mark Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan). Around 33.6% of residents live with a chronic health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This includes a notably high number of people managing mental health issues.

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📍 Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan), State Electorate

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

33.6%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) — higher than 84% of areas.

Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan)33.6%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions affect 12.7% of people here, a figure that is among the highest at this level and well above the 8.8% seen across Australia. Other common long-term conditions in the area include asthma at 10.3% and arthritis at 10.0%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 24%.

None 57.5% One condition 21.7% Two conditions 7.6% Three or more 4.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (21%) and Asthma (17%), with Arthritis at 17%.

Mental health 12.7% Asthma 10.3% Arthritis 10.0% Other condition 9.6% Diabetes 5.1% Heart disease 4.7% Cancer 3.5% Lung condition 2.3% Stroke 1.3% Dementia 1.1%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily activity assistance is needed by 7.3% of residents, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 5.9% and has risen by 0.8 percentage points since 2016.

People needing help with daily activities

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7.3% —

Higher than 84% 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 Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23205/frankston/topic/health-disability