24.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Carabooda · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Carabooda
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Carabooda than in the rest of the country. Only 24.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend extends to mental health and daily care needs.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.3% of people here, which is a little below the 8.8% seen across Australia. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 8.1%, while 64.9% of all residents report having no health conditions at all.
6.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Carabooda, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living assistance is rarely needed in Carabooda, with only 1.8% of people requiring help. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 5.8%.
1.8% ▲ +32.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Carabooda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50255/carabooda/topic/health-disability