22.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
McKinnon · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in McKinnon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in McKinnon than in most similar areas. Only 22.4% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a notably healthy community compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much less common here than in other areas, with 72.6% of people reporting no condition at all. Mental health conditions are also a little below the state and national figures, affecting 6.5% of the population.
6.5%
Lower than 66% 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 McKinnon, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.6% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and a little below the national average of 5.8%.
4.6% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 McKinnon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21629/mckinnon/topic/health-disability