35.3%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Daylesford - Hepburn Springs · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Daylesford - Hepburn Springs
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A health gap of over 7 percentage points separates Daylesford - Hepburn Springs from the Victorian average, with 35.3% of people living with a long-term condition. This is well above the national figure and marks the area as having higher health needs than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 11.8% of residents. Arthritis (11.3%) and asthma (9.6%) are also prominent, with 4.8% of the population managing three or more long-term conditions.
11.8%
Higher than 75% of urban centre 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 Daylesford - Hepburn Springs, None is the majority at 61%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.8% of people need help with daily activities, which is a little above the Australian figure. This is a slight improvement from 2011, when the rate was 8.2%.
6.8% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Daylesford - Hepburn Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215029/daylesford-hepburn-springs/topic/health-disability