15.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Daly River · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Daly River
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far lower proportion of people report long-term health issues in Daly River compared to the rest of the country. Only 15.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the Northern Territory figure and far below the national average. This trend is reflected in the low number of people requiring daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 4.3% of people, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 8.8%. Most residents have no long-term health conditions at all, with 62.9% reporting none.
4.3%
Lower than 78% 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 Daly River, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.6% of people in Daly River need help with daily activities. This is lower than most similar areas and well below the national rate of 5.8%.
2.6% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Daly River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70071/daly-river/topic/health-disability