23.3%
Lower than 79% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Banks · Federal Electorate
Health & Disability in Banks
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people now need help with daily activities in Banks than in 2011, with 5.9% of residents requiring assistance. This is a healthy community where long-term health conditions are much less common than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.3% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This includes a low rate of mental health conditions at 5.7%, also well below the Australian average.
5.7%
Lower than 87% of federal electorate 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 Banks, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing help with daily activities has risen 1.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 5.9%. This figure is about the same as the state and national averages.
5.9% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED101/banks/topic/health-disability