26.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lower Chittering · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lower Chittering
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health problems in Lower Chittering than in most similar areas. Around 26% of residents report a chronic condition, which is slightly lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a generally healthy population for the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 8.1%, followed by asthma at 7.8% and arthritis at 7.3%. Most people are healthy, with 65.5% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
8.1%
Higher than 50% 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 Lower Chittering, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.1% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is around the middle for its level and a little below the Australian figure of 5.8%.
4.1% ▲ +98.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Lower Chittering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50863/lower-chittering/topic/health-disability