19.7%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dinner Plain · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Dinner Plain
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report health issues in Dinner Plain compared to the rest of the country. Only 19.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend extends to mental health and daily assistance needs, which are both among the lowest for similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue here, affecting 10.2% of people. Only 3.1% report a mental health condition, a figure well below the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia.
3.1%
Lower than 94% 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 Dinner Plain, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% national average and reflects a drop from 2.9% back in 2011.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Dinner Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222018/dinner-plain/topic/health-disability