22.0%
Lower than 76% of section of state areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Health & Disability in Bounded Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report long-term health issues in Bounded Locality than in most similar areas. Only 22% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend is especially clear for mental health, where rates are much lower than in other parts of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by only 4.5% of people, a figure well below the Australian average of 8.8%. The most common long-term health issues in the area are arthritis at 6.5% and asthma at 6.1%.
4.5%
Lower than 83% 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 Bounded Locality, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.6% of people need help with daily activities, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8%, though the number has risen by 1.3 points since 2011.
4.6% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS92/bounded-locality/topic/health-disability