25.0%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brewarrina · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Brewarrina
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than half of the people in Brewarrina (L) report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area stand out, as the rate of long-term health issues is much lower than in most similar places. This trend is especially clear regarding mental health, which is reported far less often here than across the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 25% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure. This is most evident in mental health reports, where the 4.6% rate is well below the 8.8% seen across Australia.
4.6%
Lower than 90% of urban centre 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 Brewarrina, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A small number of people, 4.2%, need help with daily activities. This is much lower than most areas and is a little below the national figure of 5.8%, a rate that has barely changed since 2011.
4.2% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121013/brewarrina/topic/health-disability