25.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Braitling · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Braitling
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About one quarter of people in Braitling live with a long-term health condition. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it remains well above the Northern Territory figure. Overall, most residents report no long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While 25.1% of people have a long-term health condition, this is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. The most common reports are other conditions (7.8%) and mental health (7.7%), the latter of which is a little above the Northern Territory average.
7.7%
Lower than 55% 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 Braitling, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.4% of the population. This is about the same as the Northern Territory average and a little below the Australian figure of 5.8%.
4.4% ▲ +65.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Braitling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70039/braitling/topic/health-disability