19.0%
Lower than 85% of remoteness area areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Health & Disability in Very Remote Australia
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of illness and disability define Very Remote Australia compared to other regions. Only 19% of people report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a profile of a population that is generally healthier than the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 3.7% of people, a figure well below the 8.8% seen across Australia. Most residents have no long-term health issues at all, while the most common reported conditions are asthma and arthritis.
3.7%
Lower than 88% 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 Very Remote Australia, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.5% of people need help with daily activities, which is a little below the national average. This figure has risen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011, when it sat at 1.9%.
3.5% ▲ +82.7%
Lower than 78% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
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/RA94/very-remote-australia/topic/health-disability