23.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hilltown · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hilltown
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes have remained notably positive in Hilltown, where a small proportion of residents report chronic illness. Only 23.8% of people live with a long-term health condition, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While long-term health issues are uncommon, 9.5% of people have a mental health condition, which is higher than most similar areas. Heart disease is the most reported long-term condition at 11.9%, while 73.8% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
9.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Hilltown, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 11%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Hilltown reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% figure is much lower than most areas and well below the national average of 5.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Hilltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40594/hilltown/topic/health-disability