29.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fadden · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fadden
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Around the middle of similar areas for overall health, Fadden sees 29.5% of its people living with a long-term health condition. This is slightly higher than the figures for both the ACT and the rest of Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are less common here than in most areas, with 6.6% of people affected, which is well below the ACT figure of 10%. Other common long-term issues include arthritis at 9.7% and asthma at 9.0%.
6.6%
Lower than 65% 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 Fadden, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.1% of people in Fadden need help with daily activities. This is roughly the same as the ACT average and a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
4.1% ▲ +69.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Fadden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80051/fadden/topic/health-disability