16.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tanami · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tanami
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Very few people report long-term health issues in Tanami, placing it among the lowest areas for these conditions. Only 16% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much lower here than in most areas, at just 3.3%. While diabetes is the most common long-term health issue at 6%, more than half of all residents report having no long-term conditions at all.
3.3%
Lower than 82% 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 Tanami, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite fewer chronic illnesses, 5.7% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 4.6% and about the same as the national average.
5.7% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Tanami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51433/tanami/topic/health-disability