44.5%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yorketown · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Yorketown
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people in Yorketown now need help with daily activities than in 2011. This community faces significant health challenges, with 44.5% of residents living 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 arthritis affecting 19.3% of people. Mental health conditions are also well above the national figure at 14.1%, placing the town among the highest for this level.
14.1%
Higher than 91% 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 Yorketown, the largest group is None at 50%, followed by One condition (29%) and Two conditions (12%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 7% of residents need help with daily activities, which is a little above the Australian figure. This need has risen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
7.0% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
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).
More for Yorketown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Yorketown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421043/yorketown/topic/health-disability