9.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tanami · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tanami
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer residents live with chronic illness in Tanami than in almost any other similar area. Only 9.7% of people report a long-term health condition, which is far below the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The typical resident here has no long-term health issues. Very few people report mental health conditions (0.0%), and the 9.7% who do have health problems most commonly deal with diabetes, arthritis or asthma.
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 Tanami, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is rarely impacted by disability in this area, with 0.0% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below both the Northern Territory and national figures.
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 Tanami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70248/tanami/topic/health-disability