24.7%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Marong · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Marong
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 3.1% of people in Marong (L) need help with daily activities, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. This small proportion of residents requiring assistance reflects a generally healthy population, where long-term health conditions are much less common than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 24.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Asthma is the most reported condition at 9.6%, while 70% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.
9.4%
Lower than 56% 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 Marong, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The number of people needing help with daily activities is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 3.1%. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 5.9% and represents a 9.0 percentage point drop since 2011.
3.1% ▼ -74.6%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Marong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221046/marong/topic/health-disability