29.9%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Armidale · Urban Area
Health & Disability in Armidale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Armidale is generally healthy, with 58.2% of residents reporting no long-term health conditions. While the area has a lower rate of chronic illness than most similar places, about 29.9% of people do live with a long-term health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 10.2%, which is a little above the national figure of 8.8%. Other frequent conditions include asthma at 9.4% and arthritis at 8.7%.
10.2%
Lower than 57% of urban area 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 Armidale, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 5.4% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This rate has risen slightly by 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
5.4% ▲ +20.7%
Lower than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1002/armidale/topic/health-disability