0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Barrow Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Barrow Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health and disability reports have remained extremely low on Barrow Island since 2011. This is a very healthy population where almost no one reports a long-term health condition, a figure that sits far below both the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
No one on the island reported having a long-term health or mental health condition. This is much lower than most areas, with the 0% rate sitting well below the national figure of 8.8% for mental health.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Barrow Island, None is the majority at 100%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is also much lower than most areas. None of the residents report needing such assistance, compared to 5.8% of people across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Barrow Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50076/barrow-island/topic/health-disability