18.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Baines · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Baines
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over 71% of people in Baines report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other regions, with far fewer people living with chronic illness or mental health issues than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 18.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 27.7%. This includes a very low rate of mental health conditions at 1.7%, which is much lower than both the Territory and the rest of the country.
1.7%
Lower than 91% 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 Baines, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.2% of people need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and sits slightly below the national figure of 5.8%.
4.2% ▲ +36.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Baines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70021/baines/topic/health-disability