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Werribee (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Werribee (Western Metropolitan)

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

Fewer people live with long-term health problems in Werribee (Western Metropolitan) compared to most similar areas. Only 25% of residents report a chronic condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Werribee (Western Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Werribee (Western Metropolitan) sits — People with a long-term health condition

25.0%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Werribee (Western Metropolitan) — lower than 69% of areas.

Werribee (Western Metropolitan)25.0%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 8.6% of people, followed by asthma at 8.4%. This rate of mental health illness is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Werribee (Western Metropolitan), None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 18%.

None 66.8% One condition 17.0% Two conditions 5.2% Three or more 2.8%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Werribee (Western Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (19%) and Asthma (19%), with Other condition at 17%.

Mental health 8.6% Asthma 8.4% Other condition 7.6% Arthritis 6.6% Diabetes 5.2% Heart disease 3.0% Cancer 1.9% Lung condition 1.4% Stroke 0.8% Dementia 0.5%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.9% of people in the area need some help with their daily activities. This is around the middle for its level and has barely changed since 2016.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.9% —

Higher than 55% 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 Werribee (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28507/werribee/topic/health-disability