20.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rum Jungle · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rum Jungle
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report health struggles in Rum Jungle compared to most similar areas. Only 20.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 20.5% of people have a long-term health condition, with arthritis being the most common at 11.4%. Mental health conditions affect 4.5% of residents, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 8.8%.
4.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Rum Jungle, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Rum Jungle reported needing help with daily activities, which is well below both the Northern Territory figure of 3.6% and the national average of 5.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Rum Jungle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70236/rum-jungle/topic/health-disability