Alawa · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Alawa

Name: Health & Disability in Alawa — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Far fewer people report long-term health problems in Alawa than in most similar areas. Only 20.9% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Alawa, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions affect 5.5% of people, which is lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Most residents have no long-term health issues, while others most commonly report arthritis and asthma.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Alawa, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 16%.

None 68.0% One condition 14.4% Two conditions 4.2% Three or more 2.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Alawa splits fairly evenly between Other condition (20%) and Arthritis (16%), with Asthma at 15%.

Other condition 7.6% Arthritis 5.9% Asthma 5.8% Mental health 5.5% Diabetes 5.2% Heart disease 3.5% Cancer 2.0% Lung condition 1.2% Stroke 0.7% Dementia 0.2%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.3% of people need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and is a little above the Northern Territory figure of 3.6%.

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 Alawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70003/alawa/topic/health-disability

Where Alawa sits — People with a long-term health condition