25.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mukinbudin · Urban Centre
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report health struggles in Mukinbudin compared to most other areas. Only 25.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. This reflects a generally healthier population than the state and national averages.
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 5.6% of people report a mental health condition, which is well below the Australian figure. Asthma is the most common long-term health issue at 11.6%, while 60.2% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
25.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
5.6%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Mukinbudin, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 19%.
People needing help with daily activities.
Just 3.5% of people need help with daily activities, a figure much lower than most areas. However, this need has risen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011, when only 1.0% of residents required such assistance.
3.5% ▲ +249.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Mukinbudin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522048/mukinbudin/topic/health-disability