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Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) · Urban Centre

Health & Disability in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part)

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

More than one in three people in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the state and national figures, with 34.4% of residents managing ongoing health issues. These health challenges impact a significant portion of the local population's daily lives.

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📍 Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), Urban Centre

Where Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) sits — People with a long-term health condition

34.4%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) — higher than 58% of areas.

Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part)34.4%
3564, VIC 33.1%
Victoria 27.4%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 12.1%, followed by mental health conditions, which affect 10.8% of people. This mental health rate is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 24%.

None 56.1% One condition 22.1% Two conditions 7.6% Three or more 4.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (20%) and Mental health (17%), with Asthma at 16%.

Arthritis 12.1% Mental health 10.8% Asthma 10.0% Other condition 8.8% Diabetes 5.8% Heart disease 5.3% Cancer 3.9% Lung condition 2.6% Stroke 1.4% Dementia 1.0%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily life is more challenging for 7.9% of residents who need help with everyday activities. This is higher than most similar areas and is a little above the national figure, having risen 1.7 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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7.9% ▲ +28.1%

Higher than 69% of urban centre 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 Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212002/echuca-moama/topic/health-disability