44.6%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Talbot · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Talbot
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people in Talbot now need help with daily activities than they did in 2011. This is a community with significant health challenges, where 44.6% of residents live with a long-term health condition, a figure far above the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are very common here, with 16.6% of people living with arthritis and 14.4% with a mental health condition. This last figure is well above both the state and national rates of 8.8%.
14.4%
Higher than 92% 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 Talbot, the largest group is None at 49%, followed by One condition (29%) and Two conditions (13%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing help with daily activities rose by 5.4 points since 2011 to reach 12.9%. This is well above the 5.8% seen across Australia.
12.9% ▲ +71.1%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Talbot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222088/talbot/topic/health-disability