42.6%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Coleraine · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Coleraine
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher share of people in Coleraine live with long-term health issues compared to the rest of the state. About 42.6% of residents have a chronic condition, which is 15 percentage points above the Victorian and national figures. This creates a significant gap in health needs for the local area.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 13.5% of people. Arthritis is the most reported long-term health issue at 17.5%, followed by asthma and diabetes, which both affect around 9% of the population.
13.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Coleraine, None is the majority at 54%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 13.7% of residents, a figure that is well above the 5.9% seen across Victoria. This need for help has risen by 6.1 percentage points since 2011.
13.7% ▲ +79.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Coleraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221020/coleraine/topic/health-disability