30.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hackett · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hackett
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are much more common in Hackett than in most other areas, affecting 11.2% of the population. While about 30.4% of residents live with a long-term health issue, the community's overall health needs remain broadly similar to the rest of the territory.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most reported long-term condition at 11.2%, followed by other conditions at 10.8% and asthma at 8.4%. This rate is a little above the national figure of 8.8%, while 64% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
11.2%
Higher 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 Hackett, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.8% of people in Hackett need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the 4.6% seen across the Australian Capital Territory and the 5.8% national figure.
4.8% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Hackett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80069/hackett/topic/health-disability