7.8%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Flying Fox · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Flying Fox
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Just 7.8% of people in Flying Fox have a long-term health condition, a figure far below the national average of 27.7%. This makes the area one of the healthiest for its type, with very few residents reporting chronic illnesses.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 7.8% of residents, which is a little above the Northern Territory figure. This is the only long-term health condition reported in the area, as others like arthritis or asthma are not present.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Flying Fox, None is the majority at 100%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Flying Fox reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below both the Northern Territory and Australian figures.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Flying Fox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70103/flying-fox/topic/health-disability