13.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Newcastle Waters · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Newcastle Waters
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 78% of people in Newcastle Waters report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area exceptionally healthy, with far fewer residents living with chronic illness or mental health issues than in the rest of the Northern Territory or Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 13.9% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 19.8% and far below the national rate. Diabetes is the most common reported condition at 5.7%, while no one reported a mental health condition.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Newcastle Waters, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below both the Northern Territory figure of 3.6% and the Australian figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Newcastle Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70205/newcastle-waters/topic/health-disability