12.1%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ghan · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ghan
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 70.5% of people in Ghan have no long-term health conditions, making it a remarkably healthy area. This reflects a general trend across the region, where health issues are far less common than in the rest of Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 12.1% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also much lower than most areas at 2.3%, while asthma is the most common long-term condition reported at 4.5%.
2.3%
Lower than 87% 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 Ghan, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Ghan reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 Ghan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70108/ghan/topic/health-disability