15.9%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Falls Creek · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Falls Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer residents live with long-term health issues in Falls Creek than in most similar areas. Only 15.9% of people report a long-term health condition, which is far below the Victorian and Australian figures of around 27%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much lower here than in most areas, at 5.3%. Asthma is the most common long-term health condition reported by the small number of people who have one, affecting 7.5% of the population.
5.3%
Lower 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 Falls Creek, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reported needing help with daily activities in 2021. This is well below the national figure of 5.8% and represents a fall of 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 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 Falls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222024/falls-creek/topic/health-disability