32.2%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Marlo · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Marlo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Marlo is shaped by a higher than average rate of chronic illness, with 32.2% of residents living with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%. While many struggle with long-term health, mental health conditions are much less common here than in most other similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most frequent long-term illness affecting 11.8% of people, followed by asthma at 7.1%. Only 6.5% of residents have a mental health condition, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 8.8%.
6.5%
Lower than 84% 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 Marlo, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.1% of people in Marlo need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as across Victoria and Australia. This need for assistance has risen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
6.1% ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Marlo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222050/marlo/topic/health-disability