24.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Drumborg · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Drumborg
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer long-term health struggles are reported in Drumborg than in most other similar areas. Only 24.4% of residents live with 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 notably rare here, affecting 5.6% of people compared to 8.8% across Australia. The most common health issues are arthritis at 6.9% and asthma at 6.3%, while over half of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
5.6%
Lower than 72% 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 Drumborg, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5% of people in Drumborg need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the 5.8% figure for the rest of the country.
5.0% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Drumborg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20795/drumborg/topic/health-disability