24.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Malak · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Malak
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About a quarter of people in Malak live with a long-term health condition. While this is lower than most similar areas, it is well above the Northern Territory average. Most residents here are healthy, with 65.8% reporting no long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 24.8% of residents, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are reported by 7.0% of the population, a figure slightly higher than the Territory average but lower than the Australian average.
7.0%
Lower than 61% 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 Malak, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for daily assistance is higher here than in most similar areas. Around 5.4% of people require help with daily activities, which is a little above the Northern Territory rate of 3.6%.
5.4% ▲ +63.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Malak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70169/malak/topic/health-disability