20.9%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sawmill Settlement · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Sawmill Settlement
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Almost 65% of people in Sawmill Settlement report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with a very low rate of chronic illness and no residents needing daily help.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 20.9% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. However, mental health conditions are a little more common here than across Australia, affecting 11.1% of residents.
11.1%
Higher than 67% 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 Sawmill Settlement, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area needs help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 5.9%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 7.8% of people required such assistance.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 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 Sawmill Settlement [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222082/sawmill-settlement/topic/health-disability