27.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hughes
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Hughes has a health profile that closely matches the national average. While 27.4% of people live with a long-term health condition, the community is notably healthy in other ways, with almost no residents needing daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 27.4% of people, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 19.8%. Heart disease is the most common long-term issue at 9.6%, while 6.8% of residents report a mental health condition, which is a little below the national figure.
6.8%
Lower than 62% 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 Hughes, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Hughes reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below both the Northern Territory figure of 3.6% and the Australian average of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 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 Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70131/hughes/topic/health-disability