24.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Blair Athol · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Blair Athol
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term illness in Blair Athol than in most similar areas. Only 24.6% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most other areas, with only 5.0% of people affected. This is well below the Australian figure of 8.8%.
5.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality 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 Blair Athol, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the lower rate of chronic illness, 5.8% of people need help with daily activities, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
5.8% ▲ +95.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Blair Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10399/blair-athol/topic/health-disability