30.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kaleen · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kaleen
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A higher than usual proportion of people in Kaleen deal with health challenges in their daily lives. Around 30.2% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is slightly above both the ACT and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are more common here than in most other areas, affecting 9.6% of people. Other frequent long-term issues include arthritis at 8.8% and asthma at 8.7%, though 64.6% of the population reports having no long-term health conditions.
9.6%
Higher than 64% 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 Kaleen, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is more difficult for 5.5% of residents who need help with core activities. This is a higher rate than in most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for the ACT and Australia.
5.5% ▲ +57.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Kaleen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80081/kaleen/topic/health-disability