23.5%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Marble Bar · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Marble Bar
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Marble Bar than across the rest of the country. Only 23.5% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than the Australian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The community has a very low rate of mental health conditions at 4.6%, well below the 8.8% national figure. Heart disease is the most common long-term health issue at 7.2%, while 62.7% of people report having no health conditions at all.
4.6%
Lower than 90% 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 Marble Bar, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Marble Bar reported needing help with daily activities in 2021. This is well below the 5.8% national figure and represents a drop of 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 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 Marble Bar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522044/marble-bar/topic/health-disability