31.3%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lang Lang · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Lang Lang
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Thirty-one per cent of people in Lang Lang live with a long-term health condition, a figure well above the national average. While this is lower than in many similar areas, it highlights a significant health burden for the local population. Mental health is a particular point of note, affecting more people here than in most other similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The most common long-term health issues in Lang Lang are asthma at 11.9% and mental health at 11.1%, the latter of which is a little above the Victorian figure. While 60.3% of residents have no long-term health issues, about 3.5% of the population manage three or more conditions.
11.1%
Higher than 66% 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 Lang Lang, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.4% of people in Lang Lang need some help with daily activities. This is about the same as the national and state figures, and it has fallen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
5.4% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Lang Lang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215047/lang-lang/topic/health-disability