20.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Katherine · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Katherine
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people in Katherine report long-term health issues than in the rest of the country. Only 20.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend is mirrored in mental health, where the local rate is significantly lower than across Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition here at 5.9%. Overall, 62.1% of residents report having no long-term health conditions, and the 5.1% rate of mental health conditions is much lower than the national figure.
5.1%
Lower than 75% 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 Katherine, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.4% of people in Katherine need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the Northern Territory average and a little below the Australian figure of 5.8%.
4.4% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
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).
More for Katherine
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70144/katherine/topic/health-disability