20.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Katherine South · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Katherine South
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of long-term illness than most similar areas define Katherine South. Only 20% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are less common here than in most other areas. Mental health issues affect 6.3% of residents, which is a little above the Northern Territory figure but a little below the national average of 8.8%.
6.3%
Lower than 67% 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 South, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.5% of people need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the 3.6% seen across the Northern Territory.
4.5% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 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 Katherine South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70146/katherine-south/topic/health-disability