22.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Harkaway · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Harkaway
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes in Harkaway have remained strong, with far fewer people reporting long-term health issues than the national figure. Only 22.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the 27.7% seen across Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 6.9%, which is a little below the national figure. Most residents are healthy, with 69.9% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
6.9%
Lower than 61% 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 Harkaway, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.7% of the population. This is a little below the Australian figure of 5.8% and sits around the middle for similar areas.
4.7% ▲ +161.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Harkaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21139/harkaway/topic/health-disability