17.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mowbray · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mowbray
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health reports have remained very positive in Mowbray, where far fewer people live with long-term illness compared to the rest of the country. Only 17.4% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is much lower than the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are well below the national average at 5.0%. The most common long-term health issues reported are arthritis at 5.8% and asthma at 5.2%, though 66.9% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
5.0%
Lower than 75% 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 Mowbray, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for most here, with only 2.5% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
2.5% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32045/mowbray/topic/health-disability