CensusAtlas

Gembrook (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Gembrook (Eastern Victoria)

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

Fewer people need help with daily tasks in Gembrook than in most other areas. While 27.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, this is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.

Open map →
📍 Gembrook (Eastern Victoria), State Electorate

Where Gembrook (Eastern Victoria) sits — People with a long-term health condition

27.5%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Gembrook (Eastern Victoria) — lower than 54% of areas.

Gembrook (Eastern Victoria)27.5%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 9% of people here have a mental health condition, which matches the state and national averages. Mental health and asthma are the most common long-term conditions, though 65.2% of residents report having no long-term health issues.

Number of long-term health conditions

View on map →

In Gembrook (Eastern Victoria), None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.

None 65.2% One condition 19.4% Two conditions 5.6% Three or more 2.6%

Long-term health conditions reported

View on map →

Gembrook (Eastern Victoria) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (19%) and Asthma (19%), with Other condition at 16%.

Mental health 9.0% Asthma 9.0% Other condition 7.6% Arthritis 7.6% Diabetes 4.2% Heart disease 3.5% Cancer 2.6% Lung condition 1.4% Stroke 0.8% Dementia 0.5%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily assistance is needed by 4.7% of the population, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This need has barely changed since 2016, when it sat at 4.0%.

People needing help with daily activities

View on map →

4.7% —

Lower than 70% 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).

More for Gembrook (Eastern Victoria)

Full area profile →

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Gembrook (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23402/gembrook/topic/health-disability