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Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Murray Plains (Northern Victoria)

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

More people in Murray Plains now need help with daily activities than in previous years. Health challenges are common here, with 33.4% of residents living with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure.

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📍 Murray Plains (Northern Victoria), State Electorate

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

33.4%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) — higher than 83% of areas.

Murray Plains (Northern Victoria)33.4%
Rest of Vic. 33.3%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Long-term health issues are much more common here than in most areas, especially arthritis (12.3%) and asthma (10.1%). While mental health conditions affect 9.5% of the population, this is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Murray Plains (Northern Victoria), None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 24%.

None 56.5% One condition 21.3% Two conditions 7.7% Three or more 4.4%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (21%) and Asthma (17%), with Mental health at 16%.

Arthritis 12.3% Asthma 10.1% Mental health 9.5% Other condition 7.6% Diabetes 5.8% Heart disease 5.2% Cancer 3.7% Lung condition 2.5% Stroke 1.3% Dementia 0.9%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily assistance is needed by 7.0% of residents, a figure that is a little above the national average. This need has risen by 0.9 percentage points since 2016.

People needing help with daily activities

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7.0% —

Higher than 79% 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 Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25704/murray-plains/topic/health-disability