20.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Alice Springs · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Alice Springs
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 62% of people in Alice Springs report having no long-term health conditions. This means the area has a much lower rate of chronic illness than most other similar places, with the typical resident being significantly healthier than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 20.8% of residents, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health is the most common reported condition at 7.4%, followed by other conditions at 6.5% and diabetes at 5.6%.
7.4%
Lower than 58% 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 Alice Springs, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 5.6% of the population. This is a little above the Northern Territory figure of 3.6% and is higher than most other similar areas.
5.6% ▲ +227.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70005/alice-springs/topic/health-disability