21.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lower Norton · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lower Norton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far lower number of people report long-term health issues in Lower Norton compared to most other areas. Only 21.6% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a generally healthier population across the district.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 9.3%, while 6.4% of people have a mental health condition, a figure a little below the national average. Most residents are healthy, with 69.9% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
6.4%
Lower than 67% 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 Lower Norton, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Hardly anyone in Lower Norton requires help with daily activities, at just 1.3%. This is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
1.3% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Lower Norton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21546/lower-norton/topic/health-disability