14.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Nickol · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Nickol
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 14.1% of people in Nickol have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area one of the healthiest for its size, with very few residents reporting chronic illness or mental health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 5.0% of residents, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Most people here are healthy, with 68.7% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
5.0%
Lower than 75% 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 Nickol, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is much less common here than in most areas, affecting only 1.4% of people. This is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
1.4% ▲ +99.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Nickol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51113/nickol/topic/health-disability