25.7%
Lower than 58% of remoteness area areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Health & Disability in Major Cities of Australia
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A little over a quarter of people in the major cities of Australia live with a long-term health condition. This reflects a health profile for urban Australia that is slightly better than the national average, with about 25.7% of residents reporting a chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 8.2%, followed closely by asthma at 7.9%. This rate of mental health conditions is about the same as the national figure of 8.8%.
8.2%
Lower than 58% of remoteness area 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 Major Cities of Australia, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 5.6% of the population, which is higher than in most other areas. This figure has risen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
5.6% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA20/major-cities-of-australia/topic/health-disability