15.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
East Arnhem · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in East Arnhem
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in East Arnhem than in the rest of the country. Only 15.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population that reports much better overall health than typical Australian communities.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are particularly rare here, affecting just 0.9% of people, which is well below the Northern Territory's 5.1%. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all, while those who do most commonly deal with heart disease (6.5%) and diabetes (5.9%).
0.9%
Lower than 95% 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 East Arnhem, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.4% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the Northern Territory average of 3.6%.
4.4% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 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 East Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70086/east-arnhem/topic/health-disability