20.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kakadu · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kakadu
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 60% of people in Kakadu have no long-term health conditions, making this a very healthy population. The area reports much lower rates of chronic illness and disability than most other parts of Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 20.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also much less common here at 4.8%, compared to 8.8% across Australia.
4.8%
Lower than 76% 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 Kakadu, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Just 1.3% of people in Kakadu need help with daily activities. This is much lower than most areas and well below the 5.8% national average.
1.3% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Kakadu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70140/kakadu/topic/health-disability