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Health & Disability in Not in any Significant Urban Area

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

Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Not in any Significant Urban Area (Vic.) sees a high proportion of people living with long-term health issues. About 33.2% of residents have a long-term condition, which is well above both the Victorian and national figures.

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Where Not in any Significant Urban Area sits — People with a long-term health condition

33.2%

All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Not in any Significant Urban Area — higher than 55% of areas.

Not in any Significant Urban Area33.2%
3477, VIC 32.8%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 12.0%, followed by mental health at 10.0%. This mental health figure is a little above the national average of 8.8%, though it remains lower than most other areas.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 24%.

None 56.5% One condition 21.4% Two conditions 7.6% Three or more 4.2%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Not in any Significant Urban Area splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (20%) and Mental health (17%), with Asthma at 16%.

Arthritis 12.0% Mental health 10.0% Asthma 9.3% Other condition 8.3% Heart disease 5.3% Diabetes 5.3% Cancer 3.8% Lung condition 2.6% Stroke 1.3% Dementia 0.7%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 6.5% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages. This need for assistance has risen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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6.5% ▲ +18.5%

Lower than 55% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/health-disability