20.4%
Lower than 79% of remoteness area areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Health & Disability in Remote Australia
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Remote Australia than in the rest of the country. Only 20.4% of residents report a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the region much healthier in these measures compared to most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 5.1% of people, well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Most residents have no long-term health issues at all, with 66.2% reporting none.
5.1%
Lower than 79% 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 Remote Australia, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer people need help with daily activities here than across Australia, at 3.7%. This figure has risen by 0.9 points since 2011.
3.7% ▲ +32.1%
Lower than 75% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA73/remote-australia/topic/health-disability