17.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Nicholson · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Nicholson
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health and disability needs have remained very low in Nicholson, where only 17.5% of people report a long-term health condition. This is far below the national figure of 27.7% and slightly lower than the Northern Territory average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A small number of residents live with long-term health issues, most commonly asthma at 8.8% and arthritis at 5.3%. No one in the area reported having a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%.
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 Nicholson, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easy for almost everyone here, with 0.0% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below both the Northern Territory and national rates.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 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 Nicholson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70209/nicholson/topic/health-disability