12.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Perisher Village · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Perisher Village
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A massive gap exists between Perisher Village and the rest of the country, with only 12.1% of people reporting a long-term health condition. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, painting a picture of a very healthy population. Most residents here report no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are well below the Australian average at just 3.0%. Of those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 5.1%, while 74.7% of the population reports having no health conditions.
3.0%
Lower than 95% 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 Perisher Village, None is the majority at 87%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Nobody in Perisher Village currently reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the national figure of 5.8% and marks a drop of 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Perisher Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122109/perisher-village/topic/health-disability