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Yan Yean (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Yan Yean (Northern Victoria)

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

Only 4.5% of people in Yan Yean need help with daily activities, which is much lower than most other similar areas. Residents here generally report better health than the national average, with a smaller proportion living with long-term conditions.

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📍 Yan Yean (Northern Victoria), State Electorate

Where Yan Yean (Northern Victoria) sits — People with a long-term health condition

25.1%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Yan Yean (Northern Victoria) — lower than 68% of areas.

Yan Yean (Northern Victoria)25.1%
Greater Melbourne 25.5%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 25.1% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Asthma is the most common long-term condition at 8.7%, while 68.1% of residents report having no long-term health issues at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Yan Yean (Northern Victoria), None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.

None 68.1% One condition 18.1% Two conditions 4.9% Three or more 2.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Yan Yean (Northern Victoria) splits fairly evenly between Asthma (21%) and Mental health (20%), with Other condition at 18%.

Asthma 8.7% Mental health 8.4% Other condition 7.5% Arthritis 6.5% Diabetes 3.9% Heart disease 2.8% Cancer 2.1% Lung condition 1.0% Stroke 0.7% Dementia 0.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is much lower than in most areas. This figure rose slightly from 3.6% in 2016 to reach 4.5% in 2021, though it remains a little below the Victorian average of 5.9%.

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4.5% —

Lower than 74% 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 Yan Yean (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28704/yan-yean/topic/health-disability