27.4%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Willow Grove · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Willow Grove
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Willow Grove compared to most similar areas. Only 2.5% of residents need help with daily activities, which is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27.4% of people have a long-term health condition, a rate that is about the same as the state and national figures. Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 9.5%, while 58.9% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.8%
Lower than 63% 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 Willow Grove, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.5% of people in Willow Grove need help with daily activities, placing the area among the lowest for this need. This figure has fallen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011, when the rate was 7.4%.
2.5% ▼ -66.8%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Willow Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222101/willow-grove/topic/health-disability