36.5%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Trentham · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Trentham
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A rising need for support marks the health landscape in Trentham (L), where the proportion of people needing help with daily activities rose by 3.9 percentage points since 2011. Now, 36.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, a figure well above the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are more common here than in most areas, with arthritis (13.5%) and mental health conditions (10.4%) being the most reported. While 52.7% of people have no long-term condition, about 13.5% of the population manage two or more.
10.4%
Higher than 57% 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 Trentham, None is the majority at 59%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 9.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is well above the Victoria figure of 5.9% and the national average of 5.8%.
9.7% ▲ +68.7%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Trentham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221074/trentham/topic/health-disability