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Fong Lim · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Fong Lim

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Fong Lim than in most similar areas. Only 18.3% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Fong Lim, State Electorate

Where Fong Lim sits — People with a long-term health condition

18.3%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Fong Lim — lower than 95% of areas.

Fong Lim18.3%
Greater Darwin 20.2%
Northern Territory 19.8%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, affecting 5.9% of people. Most residents are healthy, with 71.9% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Fong Lim, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 16%.

None 71.9% One condition 14.3% Two conditions 3.0% Three or more 1.2%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Fong Lim splits fairly evenly between Mental health (20%) and Asthma (19%), with Other condition at 18%.

Mental health 5.9% Asthma 5.5% Other condition 5.3% Arthritis 4.4% Diabetes 2.7% Heart disease 2.0% Cancer 1.8% Lung condition 0.8% Stroke 0.4% Dementia 0.1%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily help is needed by only 2.3% of people in Fong Lim, a figure well below the national average of 5.8%. This need for assistance has barely changed since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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2.3% ▲ +41.4%

Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.

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 Fong Lim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70012/fong-lim/topic/health-disability