30.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Costello · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Costello
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are much more common in Costello than in most other areas. About 13% of people live with a mental health condition, which is well above the national figure of 8.8%. This contributes to a higher overall rate of long-term health issues compared to the rest of the territory.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 19.8%. Mental health is the primary driver here, as 13% of the population reports this condition, while no one reported having arthritis, asthma, cancer or dementia.
13.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Costello, None is the majority at 86%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Costello reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below both the national figure of 5.8% and the territory average of 3.6%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Costello [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70066/costello/topic/health-disability