27.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tiwi · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tiwi
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 1 in 10 people in Tiwi need help with daily activities, a figure well above the national average. While 27.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, this is about the same as the typical Australian experience.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 27.4% of the population, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 19.8%. Mental health conditions are also more common here than in the rest of the territory, affecting 8.2% of residents.
8.2%
Higher than 51% 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 Tiwi, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is much more common in Tiwi than in most other areas. At 9.5%, this rate is well above both the Australian figure (5.8%) and the Northern Territory average (3.6%).
9.5% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Tiwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70262/tiwi/topic/health-disability