22.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Driver · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Driver
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well below the national figure, only 22% of people in Driver report a long-term health condition. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with two-thirds of residents reporting no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 7.7%, which is a little above the Northern Territory figure. Other health issues like asthma (7.3%) and arthritis (5.2%) are also present, though the overall rate of chronic illness remains well below the Australian average.
7.7%
Lower than 54% 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 Driver, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.4% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the Northern Territory average and a little below the national rate.
4.4% ▲ +98.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 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 Driver [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70080/driver/topic/health-disability