30.2%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rangewood · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Rangewood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Rangewood than in most similar areas. While 30.2% of residents have a chronic condition, the community is generally healthier than average, with a very low number of people needing daily help.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.2% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Arthritis is the most common issue at 10.5%, while 62.8% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.
9.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Rangewood, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by only 4.3% of people, a figure that is much lower than in most similar areas. This is a little below the Australian average of 5.8% and has fallen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
4.3% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Rangewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315083/rangewood/topic/health-disability