Galiwinku · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Galiwinku

Name: Health & Disability in Galiwinku — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Much lower rates of chronic illness than most similar areas define Galiwinku. Only 18.1% of people report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Galiwinku, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

A small number of residents live with long-term illness, with 76.9% reporting no conditions at all. Mental health conditions are reported by just 4.2% of people, a figure well below the Australian average of 8.8%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Galiwinku, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 17%.

None 76.9% One condition 15.9% Two conditions 1.7% Three or more 0.4%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Galiwinku splits fairly evenly between Other condition (24%) and Heart disease (22%), with Mental health at 16%.

Other condition 6.0% Heart disease 5.7% Mental health 4.2% Diabetes 3.8% Asthma 3.6% Arthritis 0.7% Cancer 0.6% Lung condition 0.4% Dementia 0.3% Stroke 0.3%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

People needing help with daily activities make up 4.7% of the population. This is a little above the Northern Territory figure of 3.6%, but a little below the national average of 5.8%.

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 Galiwinku [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70106/galiwinku/topic/health-disability

Where Galiwinku sits — People with a long-term health condition