33.0%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Stratford · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Stratford
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Stratford sits around the middle of similar areas for health and disability. About 33% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are more common here than in the rest of Victoria, with arthritis and asthma being the most frequent. About 10% of people report a mental health condition, which is a little above the national average.
10.0%
Higher than 52% 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 Stratford, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.1% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure about the same as the Australian average. This is a notable improvement from 2011, when 9.5% of the population required such assistance.
6.1% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Stratford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215080/stratford/topic/health-disability