22.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Boulder · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Boulder
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much fewer people live with long-term health problems in Boulder than in most similar areas. Only 22.5% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 7.2%, followed by asthma at 6.9% and arthritis at 6.3%. Most people here have no long-term health issues, with 57.3% reporting none.
7.2%
Lower than 59% 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 Boulder, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for more people here than in other areas, as only 3.4% of residents need assistance with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded across Australia.
3.4% ▲ +45.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50159/boulder/topic/health-disability