28.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Nilma · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Nilma
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 60% of people in Nilma report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area generally healthy, though some residents live with chronic issues like arthritis or asthma.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A little more than 28% of people have a long-term health condition, which is slightly above the national figure of 27.7%. Arthritis is the most common, affecting 12% of the population, while mental health conditions are slightly less common here than in the rest of Australia.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Nilma, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.7% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is lower than most areas and sits below the national average of 5.8%.
3.7% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Nilma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21943/nilma/topic/health-disability