34.5%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Greenmount · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Greenmount
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life for many in Greenmount involves managing long-term health issues, with 34.5% of people living with a chronic condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, driven largely by high rates of mental health and respiratory struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are among the highest for this area at 14.1%, which is well above the 8.8% national figure. Asthma (13.6%) and arthritis (12.2%) are also common, while 5.2% of residents live with three or more long-term health issues.
14.1%
Higher than 91% 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 Greenmount, None is the majority at 61%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 7.0% of people in Greenmount need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little above the national average of 5.8%. This need for assistance has risen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
7.0% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Greenmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321049/greenmount/topic/health-disability