23.5%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Nichols Point · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Nichols Point
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 23.5% of people in Nichols Point have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure. This makes it a healthy area compared to most other places in Australia. Most residents report no lasting health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, including mental health issues which affect just 4.8% of residents. Asthma is the most reported condition at 8.9%, while 69.5% of people have no long-term health problems.
4.8%
Lower than 90% 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 Nichols Point, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Nichols Point need help with daily activities, at just 2.7%. This is well below the Victorian figure and has fallen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
2.7% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Nichols Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221055/nichols-point/topic/health-disability