35.5%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Boort · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Boort
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of over 8 percentage points separates Boort (L) from the Victorian average for long-term health issues. This is a place where health challenges are more common than in most similar areas, with 35.5% of people living with a long-term condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 12.6%, followed by mental health at 10.1%. This last figure is a little above the national average of 8.8%, while 44.3% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
10.1%
Higher than 54% 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 Boort, None is the majority at 56%; One condition is next at 30%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is more challenging for many here, as 9.5% of people need help with daily activities. This is well above the national figure of 5.8% and represents a rise of 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
9.5% ▲ +136.9%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Boort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221008/boort/topic/health-disability