21.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Marrakai · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Marrakai
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over half of the people in Marrakai report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with the typical resident far less likely to have a chronic illness than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 21.8% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 27.7%. This includes a very low rate of mental health conditions at 4.8%, compared to 8.8% across the country.
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 Marrakai, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.0% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is a little above the Northern Territory figure of 3.6%, but sits about the same as the national average.
5.0% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Marrakai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70177/marrakai/topic/health-disability