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Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area

Health & Disability in Very Remote Australia

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

A gap of 3.6 percentage points separates Very Remote Australia from the national average for long-term health issues. This region sees 31.4% of people living with a chronic condition, which is well above the Australian figure of 27.7%. While overall health challenges are more common here, mental health rates remain closer to the national norm.

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Where Very Remote Australia sits — People with a long-term health condition

31.4%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Very Remote Australia — higher than 72% of areas.

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most reported long-term health condition at 12.3%, followed by mental health at 8.1%. While 31.4% of people have a chronic illness, the majority of residents (57.2%) report having no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Very Remote Australia, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 57.2% One condition 19.6% Two conditions 7.7% Three or more 4.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Very Remote Australia — Arthritis leads at 22%, ahead of Mental health (15%) and Other condition (14%).

Arthritis 12.3% Mental health 8.1% Other condition 7.7% Asthma 7.5% Heart disease 5.7% Diabetes 4.5% Cancer 4.5% Lung condition 3.0% Stroke 1.3% Dementia 0.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Around 5.1% of people in these remote areas need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the national figure of 5.8%. This need for assistance has risen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.1% ▲ +25.3%

Lower than 52% of remoteness area areas.

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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA64/very-remote-australia/topic/health-disability