23.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Batchelor · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Batchelor
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Six point eight per cent of people in Batchelor need help with daily activities, a figure well above the Northern Territory average. While a smaller number of residents report long-term health conditions compared to the national average, those who do face a range of issues including diabetes and arthritis.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 23.7% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian figure but well above the Northern Territory average. The most common reports include other conditions at 8.1% and diabetes at 6.8%.
6.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Batchelor, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for daily assistance is higher here than in most similar areas. At 6.8%, this is well above the 3.6% seen across the Northern Territory and a little above the national rate.
6.8% ▲ +43.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Batchelor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70024/batchelor/topic/health-disability