24.5%
Lower than 67% of section of state areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Major Urban · Section of State
Health & Disability in Major Urban
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report long-term health issues in Major Urban than in most similar areas. Only 24.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend is seen across both physical and mental health measures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are a little below the Australian average at 7.1%. Among those with long-term health issues, the most common are other conditions (7.6%), arthritis (7.1%), mental health (7.1%), and asthma (7.0%).
7.1%
Lower than 71% of section of state 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 Major Urban, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.4% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and barely changed since 2011.
5.4% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS10/major-urban/topic/health-disability