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Alice Springs · Urban Centre

Health & Disability in Alice Springs

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Alice Springs than in the rest of the country. Only 21.9% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend extends to mental health and daily assistance needs, where Alice Springs consistently sits below Australian averages.

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📍 Alice Springs, Urban Centre

Where Alice Springs sits — People with a long-term health condition

21.9%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Alice Springs — lower than 89% of areas.

Alice Springs21.9%
0873, NT 23.8%
Northern Territory 19.8%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Long-term health conditions are much less common here than in most other areas, with asthma being the most reported at 6.8%. While 21.9% of people have a condition—slightly above the Northern Territory's 19.8%—the vast majority of residents report having no long-term health issues at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Alice Springs, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 17%.

None 69.0% One condition 15.9% Two conditions 4.0% Three or more 2.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Alice Springs splits fairly evenly between Asthma (19%) and Other condition (18%), with Mental health at 17%.

Asthma 6.8% Other condition 6.7% Mental health 6.1% Diabetes 5.1% Arthritis 4.9% Heart disease 2.9% Cancer 1.7% Lung condition 1.1% Stroke 0.7% Dementia 0.6%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 3.9% of people in Alice Springs need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little below the Australian average of 5.8%. This is about the same as the rest of the Territory, though the proportion of people needing help has risen by 1.2 points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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3.9% ▲ +44.1%

Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.

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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL712001/alice-springs/topic/health-disability