35.5%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Quorn · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Quorn
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Quorn, where 15.1% of people live with the condition. This reflects a broader trend for the area, as residents are more likely to have a long-term health condition than people in most other similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 35.5% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. While many face chronic health issues, those with mental health conditions (9.0%) are less common here than in most other areas.
9.0%
Lower than 61% 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 Quorn, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 9.4% of residents, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 5.8%. This is a high rate for the region, although the proportion of people requiring assistance fell by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
9.4% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Quorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421034/quorn/topic/health-disability