Malabar · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Malabar

Name: Health & Disability in Malabar — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Well below the national figure, only 22.9% of people in Malabar live with a long-term health condition. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places across Australia. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.

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📍 Malabar, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Chronic health issues are less common here than in the rest of the state, with arthritis (7.6%) and mental health conditions (7.0%) being the most frequent. Mental health conditions are also a little below the national figure of 8.8%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Malabar, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 20%.

None 48.9% One condition 14.4% Two conditions 5.7% Three or more 2.8%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Malabar splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (18%) and Mental health (17%), with Other condition at 16%.

Arthritis 7.6% Mental health 7.0% Other condition 6.5% Asthma 5.3% Heart disease 4.2% Diabetes 3.9% Cancer 3.0% Lung condition 1.4% Dementia 1.3% Stroke 1.0%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.4% of people need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.

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 Malabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12462/malabar/topic/health-disability

Where Malabar sits — People with a long-term health condition