19.3%
Lower than 80% of capital city areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Other Territories · Capital City
Health & Disability in Other Territories
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Across Other Territories, mental health is well below average and health condition is well below average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
19.3% of residents in Other Territories live with a long-term health condition — well below average (below both the Other Territories average of 19.3% and the national 27.7%). 4.0% of people in Other Territories report a mental health condition, well below average (above the Other Territories average of 3.9% but below the national 8.8%).
The most common long-term health conditions reported is Other condition at 6%, ahead of Asthma (6%).
4.0%
Lower than 85% of capital city 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 Other Territories, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
3.6% of residents in Other Territories need help with daily activities — well below average (below both the Other Territories average of 3.7% and the national 5.8%).
3.6% —
Lower than 78% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Other Territories [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/9OTER/other-territories/topic/health-disability