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Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan)

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

Fewer people struggle with long-term health issues in Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) than in most other areas. Only 25.4% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. This contributes to a community where a small minority require daily support.

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📍 Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan), State Electorate

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

25.4%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) — lower than 66% of areas.

Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan)25.4%
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, each affecting around 8% of residents. This is lower than most areas, and the 8.0% rate for mental health is about the same as the national figure.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan), None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.

None 69.2% One condition 19.1% Two conditions 4.6% Three or more 1.8%

Long-term health conditions reported

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

Mental health 8.0% Asthma 7.9% Other condition 7.7% Arthritis 6.2% Heart disease 3.3% Cancer 3.1% Diabetes 2.6% Lung condition 0.9% Dementia 0.8% Stroke 0.7%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 3.9% of people need help with daily activities, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has barely changed since 2016, when it sat at 3.1%.

People needing help with daily activities

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3.9% —

Lower than 86% 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 Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23806/hawthorn/topic/health-disability