Eastern Metropolitan region

About Eastern Metropolitan

Health status

Did you know that in Eastern metropolitan region…

• The percentage of the population aged 65 and over is expected to grow from 14.8% in 2010 to 18.7% in 2022.
• Residents of Eastern region have the highest life expectancies when compared with any other region in Victoria
• 45% of the population are overweight or obese.
• 61% of the population are non-smokers.
• 5.0% of the population are unemployed.

The Regional Health Status Profile is a detailed profile of key health determinants, health status and health system performance in the Eastern Metropolitan region. The profile includes information on a broad range of indicators relating to areas such as socio-demographics, community strength, health behaviours, health conditions, and health services utilisation and access.

 2011 Eastern Metropolitan Region Health Status profile 

Further information

For more information about Primary Care Partnerships in Eastern region visit:

• Inner East PCP
• Outer East Health and Community Support Alliance

For more information about Local Government visit:

• Boroondara City Council
• Knox City Council
• Manningham City Council
• Maroondah City Council
• Monash City Council
• Whitehorse City Council
• Shire of Yarra Ranges 

For LGA profiles visit:

• Local government area profiles

For Town and Community profiles visit:

• Town and community profiles