24.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bookaar · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bookaar
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Bookaar compared to the rest of the country. Only 24.5% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a generally healthier population than in most other Australian areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, affecting only 5% of people. Arthritis is the most reported long-term condition at 11.3%, while 64.2% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
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 Bookaar, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 6.3% of people in Bookaar. This is higher than most areas and sits slightly above the state and national figures.
6.3% ▲ +75.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Bookaar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20285/bookaar/topic/health-disability