35.8%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kings Point · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Kings Point
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A growing need for daily help defines the recent health trends in Kings Point, where the proportion of people requiring assistance has more than doubled since 2011. Long-term health issues are far more common here than in the rest of the country, affecting 35.8% of residents.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
More than one in three people live with a long-term health condition, a figure well above the national average of 27.7%. Arthritis is the most frequent issue at 13.3%, followed by mental health conditions at 10.3%.
10.3%
Higher than 56% 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 Kings Point, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 6.6% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures. This represents a climb of 4.1 percentage points since 2011, when only 2.4% of people needed such help.
6.6% ▲ +169.3%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Kings Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121059/kings-point/topic/health-disability