29.3%
Higher than 62% of remoteness area areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Health & Disability in Inner Regional Australia
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A slightly higher share of people live with long-term health conditions in Inner Regional Australia compared to the national figure. About 29.3% of the population reports a chronic health issue, which is a little above the Australian average of 27.7%. This profile reflects a region where nearly one in three residents manages an ongoing health challenge.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 9.9%, followed by mental health at 9.2% and asthma at 8.0%. While 60% of people have no long-term health issues, about 19.7% of the population lives with one condition.
9.2%
Higher than 56% 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 Inner Regional Australia, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.1% of people need help with their daily activities, which is about the same as the national figure of 5.8%. This need for assistance has risen by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
5.1% ▲ +32.8%
Lower than 52% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA51/inner-regional-australia/topic/health-disability