22.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Gray · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Gray
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower rate of long-term health conditions than most areas marks Gray, where 22.9% of people live with a chronic illness. This figure sits well below the national average, though it remains well above the Northern Territory rate.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 60.6% of residents have no long-term health conditions. For those who do, asthma is the most common at 7.5%, while mental health conditions affect 6.6% of the population, which is a little below the national figure.
6.6%
Lower than 64% 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 Gray, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.5% of the population. This is about the same as the Northern Territory average and a little below the figure for Australia.
4.5% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Gray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70112/gray/topic/health-disability