22.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Howatharra · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Howatharra
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Howatharra than in most similar areas. Only 22.3% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a remarkably healthy community compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Chronic health issues are uncommon here, with 64.3% of people reporting no long-term conditions at all. Arthritis is the most frequent ailment at 11.6%, while mental health conditions are well below the Australian average at just 3.6%.
3.6%
Lower than 81% 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 Howatharra, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Howatharra reports needing help with their daily activities. This 0.0% figure is much lower than most other areas and sits well below the national average of 5.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 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 Howatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50658/howatharra/topic/health-disability