Other Urban · Section of State

Health & Disability in Other Urban

Name: Health & Disability in Other Urban — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Health/disability rates in Other Urban are about the same as the national figures. Roughly 27.1% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is a typical result for areas of this type.

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📍 Other Urban, Section of State

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 8.7% of people have a mental health condition, and 8.4% have arthritis. Most residents report no long-term health issues, while 18.4% live with one condition.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Other Urban, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.

None 60.9% One condition 18.4% Two conditions 5.8% Three or more 3.0%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Other Urban splits fairly evenly between Mental health (19%) and Arthritis (18%), with Asthma at 17%.

Mental health 8.7% Arthritis 8.4% Asthma 7.8% Other condition 7.0% Diabetes 4.8% Heart disease 3.7% Cancer 2.8% Lung condition 1.8% Stroke 0.9% Dementia 0.7%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Need for daily help is about the same as the national figure at 4.9%. This is a slight increase from 2011, when only 3.5% of people required assistance.

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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS51/other-urban/topic/health-disability

Where Other Urban sits — People with a long-term health condition