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Health & Disability in Not in any Significant Urban Area

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

A much lower rate of chronic illness defines Not in any Significant Urban Area (OT), where only 19.3% of people have a long-term health condition. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%. The area's overall health profile is significantly stronger than the Australian average.

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Where Not in any Significant Urban Area sits — People with a long-term health condition

19.3%

All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Not in any Significant Urban Area — lower than 97% of areas.

Not in any Significant Urban Area19.3%
6798, OT 14.0%
Other Territories 19.3%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Just 3.9% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Most people here have no long-term health conditions at all, while those who do most commonly report asthma or other general conditions.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.

None 60.2% One condition 14.1% Two conditions 3.4% Three or more 1.9%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Not in any Significant Urban Area splits fairly evenly between Other condition (17%) and Asthma (17%), with Arthritis at 16%.

Other condition 5.6% Asthma 5.6% Arthritis 5.3% Diabetes 3.9% Mental health 3.9% Heart disease 3.4% Cancer 2.1% Lung condition 1.1% Stroke 0.7% Dementia 0.6%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

A little fewer people need help with daily activities here than across Australia, at 3.7%. This figure has risen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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3.7% ▲ +67.8%

Lower than 93% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/9000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/health-disability