31.1%
Lower than 62% of urban area areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Swan Hill · Urban Area
Health & Disability in Swan Hill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people in Swan Hill now need help with daily activities than in 2011. While 31.1% of the population lives with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure, the number of people with mental health conditions is much lower than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis and asthma are the most common long-term health issues here, both affecting 10.8% of residents. While the 31.1% rate of long-term conditions is well above the Victorian and Australian figures, 59.3% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.6%
Lower than 78% of urban area areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Swan Hill, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.6% of people in Swan Hill need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia, but the need has risen by 0.8 percentage points since 2011.
6.6% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2017/swan-hill/topic/health-disability