36.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Clontarf · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Clontarf
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far more people live with long-term health issues in Clontarf than in most similar areas. About 36.8% of residents have a long-term condition, a figure that is well above the national average of 27.7%. This high rate of illness is reflected in the number of people needing daily help.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health and arthritis are the most common long-term conditions here, each affecting around 13% of people. This is well above the national figure for mental health, which sits at 8.8%.
13.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Clontarf, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 8.2% of the population, which is a little above the 5.8% seen across Australia and much higher than in most similar areas.
8.2% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Clontarf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30629/clontarf/topic/health-disability