30.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fisher · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fisher
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 63.2% of people in Fisher live without any long-term health conditions. Most of the rest of the community manage just one condition, though 30.5% of residents do have a long-term health issue, which is a little above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are more common here than in most other areas, affecting 9.9% of people. Other frequent long-term conditions include arthritis at 10.5% and asthma at 9.3%.
9.9%
Higher than 67% 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 Fisher, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is more common in Fisher than in most areas. This affects 6.0% of residents, which is a little above the territory figure of 4.6%.
6.0% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80053/fisher/topic/health-disability